Re: Gender neutral pronouns

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From: Patrick J Crowe
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1992 15:55

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In article <EUGENE.92Jul25231756@ra.cs.umb.edu> eugene@cs.umb.edu
 (Eugene O'Neil) writes:
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>I think it's a bummer that English (and most languages) lack a
>gender neutral singular pronoun.  (Finnish has one!)

English (and French, too) has a gender-neutral singular pronoun.  One can
always use 'one' ('on' in French).  It's the 'proper' word to use, although
'they' also gets used as a singular pronoun.

Pat Crowe, SUNY at Buffalo

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