Vsuresh Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
His/Her
Hi
Please help me with this:
While we refer to group consisting of male and females, we use he/she.
Today there is unprecedented voice against gender discrimination.
So, if we say the form he/she is according to alphabetical order, should we change to His/Her to Her /His?
Please help me with this:
While we refer to group consisting of male and females, we use he/she.
Today there is unprecedented voice against gender discrimination.
So, if we say the form he/she is according to alphabetical order, should we change to His/Her to Her /His?
Top answer
vsuresh While we refer to a group consisting of male s and females, we use he/she. vsuresh So, if we say the form he/she is according to alphabetical order, should we change to His/Her to Her/His ? Why not, especially in females perspective!
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vsureshWhile we refer to a group consisting of males and females, we use he/she.
vsureshSo, if we say the form he/she is according to alphabetical order, should we changeWhy not, especially in females perspective!toHis/Her to Her/His?
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KhoshtipManBut to keep yourself from that semi-war, I would use "they" and "them" instead.This is a perennial question in English. While "they" and "them" are widely used to refer to a grammatically singular subject of undetermined ***, at least informally, there are occasions where, in my opinion, it sounds pretty awful. In those cases, and in formal English
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vsureshHi GPYWhat are your thoughts on using Her/His?To me it again seems obtrusive (seems a deliberate use of a non-idiomatic word order to make a point).
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... and, by the way, idiomatic word orders do not always put males first. For example, we normally say "Mum and Dad" not "Dad and Mum". "Ladies and gentlemen" is another example.
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