Joseph A Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Grammar
Hello
The word "student" refers to both genders "male and female". So when we include it in a sentence, and then we tag the sentence. Is it correct to change "student" into "he or she"?as follow
- There is a student in the classroom,isn't she/he?
Or must it be changed to "they"?
Regards
JA
Top answer
Joseph A There is a student in the classroom First: why might you ask that? Joseph A isn't she/he? That is terribly clumsy and not to be considered.
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Joseph AThere is a student in the classroom
First: why might you ask that?
Joseph Aisn't she/he?
That is terribly clumsy and not to be considered.
Joseph AOr must it be changed to "they"?
That seems rather silly, too. This is the proper tag:
There is a student in
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