To me, the use of "he" and "him" produces an actual image which is somewhat vague when I use "them". "Them" are little grey aliens with big eyes and no real features.
If I wasn't female, and guilty of this kind of behaviour myself, I'd have used "them". But luckily I don't have to in order to retail my PC cred, so I didn't. :)
No, "them" is a plural pronoun and "an Agile Evangelist" is singular so a singular pronoun such as "him" (or "her") is correct. If the language used to express this happy little thought contained a gender-neutral pronoun, I'm sure Elizabeth would have used it.
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sirenian) wrote,
Anonymous
October 12 2005, 22:18:23 UTC 6 years ago
And a reminder not to take ourselves too seriously.
Nordin.
Anonymous
October 13 2005, 11:35:47 UTC 6 years ago
October 13 2005, 13:59:30 UTC 6 years ago
But I did think about it.
Anonymous
October 27 2005, 00:33:05 UTC 6 years ago
Nordin.
(I'm still chuckling over this line....)
November 1 2005, 16:47:06 UTC 6 years ago
To me, the use of "he" and "him" produces an actual image which is somewhat vague when I use "them". "Them" are little grey aliens with big eyes and no real features.
If I wasn't female, and guilty of this kind of behaviour myself, I'd have used "them". But luckily I don't have to in order to retail my PC cred, so I didn't. :)
Anonymous
November 15 2005, 17:55:21 UTC 6 years ago
grammar cred
If I weren't female, ... :-)Anonymous
November 16 2005, 14:11:17 UTC 6 years ago
Singular versus Plural
No, "them" is a plural pronoun and "an Agile Evangelist" is singular so a singular pronoun such as "him" (or "her") is correct. If the language used to express this happy little thought contained a gender-neutral pronoun, I'm sure Elizabeth would have used it.Anonymous
January 8 2007, 07:52:05 UTC 5 years ago
Gender-neutral pronoun alternatives...
it? he/she? he and/or she? biznatch?