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Re: His/Her v. Their

Subject: Re: His/Her v. Their
From: Lauren <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net>
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 14:15:46 -0700

On 10/26/2012 2:06 PM, Porrello, Leonard wrote:

Nice. Your rewrites instruct and delight.

Thanks! :-)

I've been told that I rewrite good. ;-)

I "lay down my sword." I was really having hard time seeing how to rewrite those sentences. For the record, I support writing in a gender neutral manner whenever possible.

When did I have a technical writing class? Like 1994 or so. Back then, I learned about gender neutral writing and since then, I have challenged myself by finding "impossible" passages to rewrite without gender. This is a fun hobby of mine, but if you read the archives from a previous discussion of plurality and gender-specific writing, many comments toward me were that my constructions could lead to dry writing and writing that was not empathic enough for the audience. That may be true, but I prefer dry and neutral writing.




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References:
His/Her v. Their: From: Becca
RE: His/Her v. Their: From: Ben Davies
RE: His/Her v. Their: From: Porrello, Leonard
RE: His/Her v. Their: From: Ben Davies
RE: His/Her v. Their: From: Porrello, Leonard
Re: His/Her v. Their: From: Lauren
RE: His/Her v. Their: From: Porrello, Leonard

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