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Article #1119Re: A gender neutral pronoun, was Fundamentalist Nightmare
From: Peter Whittaker
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 22:14
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 22:14
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In article <BxIAFI.2oA@unx.sas.com> sasafw@dobo.unx.sas.com (Fred Welden) writes: >In article <BxI7u1.LwE@unx.sas.com>, saslpo@stevens.unx.sas.com (Len Olszewski) writes: >|Finally, the execrable solution of overusing the passive voice can be >|applied. This way, avoiding mentioning a subject altogether can be >|achieved. Most will agree that this is the way some of the worst writing >|is performed. > >"It will be agreed by most. . . ." Where are the smileys? pww (The readership hashed passive vs active voice to death not too long ago.)
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Newsgroups: misc.writing Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!utcsri!torn!nott!bnrgate!bcars6a8!pww From: pww@bnr.ca (Peter Whittaker) Subject: Re: A gender neutral pronoun, was Fundamentalist Nightmare Message-ID: <1992Nov16.221456.10765@bcars6a8.bnr.ca> Sender: usenet@bcars6a8.bnr.ca (Use Net) Nntp-Posting-Host: bcars685 Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd., Ottawa References: <1dmjecINNp8g@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <BxI7u1.LwE@unx.sas.com> <BxIAFI.2oA@unx.sas.com> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 22:14:56 GMT Lines: 16