Whether it is useless/'no problem exists' is not up to you to decide:
it is up to those who do find it important. As long as some people
find it important, no childish dismissals will remove that importance.
It seems the most successful/widely adopted form is to vary from 'he'
to 'she' (so that in one sentence you use one, in the next another).
Some authors even change the gender within a sentence. This method was
adopted because 'one' (the "real" correct unisex pronoun) is just too
awkward for extended use. The morphographic he/she/he/she method reads
surprisingly well.
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 8:23 AM, Matija Šuklje
Dne ponedeljek 26. julija 2010 ob 01:47:13 je David Rogers napisal(a):
* Matija Šuklje
[2010-07-25 23:33]: -.-.- P.S. Is there a nicer wording then "(s)he" for referencing persona in unisex gender (other then "one")?
The correct unisex pronoun is "he". This whole question is an invented problem where no real problem exists.
Thanks for explaining. This unisex and other politically correct stuff is always a bit odd.
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