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Topic	Cartoon Network schools the youth on gender pronouns
harley2280 12/15/20 5:00:51 PM #38:	averagejoel posted... harley2280 posted... Let me give some clarification, in American english a lot of style guides such as The American Heritage Book of English usage find the singular they as incorrect. I'm unfamiliar, but my first guess would be that those guides are just outdated. do they by any chance suggest using "he" to refer to a single person of indeterminate gender? They are definitely outdated. They say you should use Him or Her if you don't know their gender. --- Posted with GameRaven 3.6.0_B3 <cite>harley2280 posted [p:948374412] in Cartoon Ne... [t:79177688]...</cite> <quote>averagejoel posted...</cite> <quote>harley2280 posted... </cite> <quote> Let me give some clarification, in American english a lot of style guides such as The American Heritage Book of English usage find the singular they as incorrect.</quote>I'm unfamiliar, but my first guess would be that those guides are just outdated. do they by any chance suggest using "he" to refer to a single person of indeterminate gender?</quote> They are definitely outdated. They say you should use Him or Her if you don't know their gender. --- Posted with GameRaven 3.6.0_B3</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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