Dne ponedeljek 26. julija 2010 ob 21:33:44 je Martin Schröder napisal(a):
Please not the "erigiertes Binnen-I" :-) http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binnen-I
I kinda like that :] Dne ponedeljek 26. julija 2010 ob 18:23:57 je Richard Stephens napisal(a):
The trend that I have noticed (and which trips off the tongue most easily for British english-speakers) is to use the plural 'they' in place of the singular pronoun 'he' or 'she'. This avoids having to choose! For purists, it rankles, but then we have to accept that the language will change. Personally, for serious writing, I use the rather cumbersome, but grammatically correct, 'he or she'. I personally don't like 'he/she'. The use of 'one' as a pronoun in British english is pretty much dead and sounds very stilted to us - only the Queen and old school masters still use it! Using 'it' is not an option.
"They" sounds like a pretty good compromise. I'll try it out when I next write an article. Cheers, Matija -- gsm: +386 41 849 552 www: http://matija.suklje.name xmpp: matija.suklje@gabbler.org