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Article #291Re: Gender neutral pronouns
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Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1992 00:26
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1992 00:26
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In article <BsIMrw.7tE@acsu.buffalo.edu>
v187ef4y@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Patrick J Crowe) writes:
>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
In French, 'on' is more apt to get used as a first person plural pronoun,
(meaningwise, that is), permitting the avoidance of the -ons ending on the
verb. For a third person genderless (and also numberless) 'c,a' is often
used. 'C,a cou^te cher, aujourd'hui, en France une mai^tresse,' to cite a2
direct quote from a French woman. Or perhaps, 'Mais c,a c'est con, les cons.'
"But the cops are stupid."
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