RE: pronouns and portfolios

[Jeff Hanvey <techwriter -at- jewahe -dot- net>]

--- bryan -dot- westbrook -at- amd -dot- com

> wrote:

 Your teacher reminds me of my 10th grade English teacher, who also

>taught the journalism class. He taught us a bunch of "new" grammatical rules

>(A.P. style conventions) that caused me trouble for years.



That was bad form for the teacher. The whole point of grammar is that is provides an agreed-upon standard for our communication.



>I think that if we open the door on allowing common misuse to dictate how we

>write, the language loses value every step of the way.  If you don't see how

>loosing the pronouns "he" and "she" would weaken the language, read Ayn

>Rand's Anthem.



We're not talking about "losing" these pronouns, but making their use more specific, while developing a workable solution to this on-going problem.



Also, common use will always affect how we write. It has for centuries now.

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