Due by class time on: Monday, January 31st, 2011
The responses by the whole class are due by class time on: Wednesday, Feb. 2nd, 2011 The text you need to read is here.
By: Sonia Mayol
In the article "Everybody Likes Pizza, Doesn't He or She?" by George Jochnowitz, Jochnowitz opens the story with his daughter finding a grammatical error that was found in the 1940 edition of Gone with the Wind. The sentence reads: "Everyone was very polite and kind to her because he felt sorry for her...". This sentence differed from the 1936 edition. The 1936 edition read: "Everyone was very polite and kind to her because they felt sorry for her..." There have been a lot of disagreements about singular indefinite pronouns. In the article, Jochnowitz explains both ways that singular indefinite pronouns are used. Using "he" in a sentence is correct and using "they" would be incorrect because using "they" would be a pronoun antecedent disagreement. For example he uses the sentence: "Has anyone forgotten their briefcase?" but using the sentence: "Has anyone forgotten his briefcase" is the correct way because everyone is always followed by a singular. He explains that people think that using "his" instead of "they" makes the sentence sound so unnatural because it is not used in spoken English. But in fact using his or her instead of they is the correct way to write a sentence. Even English teachers cannot agree on singular indefinite pronoun usage. In the article, it was shown that when a tag question was given to forty-six high school and junior high English teachers, they had different answers. D. Terence Langendoen asked them to complete the tag question to the statement Everyone likes me. Thirty-four teachers responded Don't they? While twelve replied Doesn't he? The 12 percent of teachers actually got it right, the reason a majority of the teachers got it wrong is because people are used to colloquial English. If it is a singular Many feminists have opposed the use of "he" or "him" to refer to an unspecified gender. The reason that they opposed it is because it is a masculine pronoun that is being used instead of a genderless pronoun. It could be seen as offensive. However using "his" in singular indefinite pronouns is correct grammar. Teachers try to teach their students this concept because according to the English handbooks using "he" or "his" to refer to indefinite pronouns is the correct and formal way to write. The main point that Jochnowitz is trying to make is that even though using "his" and "he" is the CORRECT way to use singular indefinite pronouns, many people think that "they" and "their" is correct because it is most commonly used in colloquial English, but in fact is isn't when dealing with singular pronouns. The reason that people find the indefinite "he" to be so jarring is because we never hear it used in spoken English because it doesn't sound grammatically correct. But little do we know it's normative grammar!
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By Shawnell Sawyer
In the article "Everybody Likes Pizza, DOESEN'T HE OR SHE’’ George Jochnawitz talks about grammatical errors that are used often in phrases. Jochnawitz mentions that there was a grammatical error in Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the wind 1940 edition. The error was: " Everyone was very polite and kind to her because he felt sorry for her" and the correct phrase is " Everyone was very polite and kind to her because they felt sorry for her'', which was in the original 1936 edition of Gone with the Wind. The error was simply complying with the rule of normative grammar that is found in almost every English handbook. Even some handbooks and teachers are wrong about indefinite antecedents. Terence Langendoen asked a group of forty-six high school and junior high school teachers of English to give tag questions to a number of statements. One of the statements was "Everyone likes pizza, doesn't he" and thirty-four of the teachers responded Don't they? And only twelve responded back as Doesn't he? Even though the use of "he" after indefinites is harsh when it is used in a tag questions, a lot of educated Americans constantly use "he" in sentences like “everyone put on his coat”.
I think that Jochnawitz's stance on this issue is reasonable. While it may not be "normative" to use "they" where a singular pronoun should be, people do so often that it has become a normal way of speaking, or even writing. That's not to say that just because something is common it is right. I also believe that for the purposes of a class such as this, we should be learning the standard, "official" way. I think that it is important that there is a standardized grammar and way of writing that everyone uses. Therefore, knowing that "he" or "she" is the normative grammar is important. However, in everyday speech, I don't think that it's particularly important that one adheres to all these rules. Different people have different ways of speaking. If they're in a situation in which they feel comfortable using the wrong pronoun, and no one is confused by it, then they should go ahead.
ReplyDelete"Everybody Likes Pizza, DOESN'T HE OR SHE’’by George Jochnawitz was a very interesting text to read. The author talked a lot about grammatical errors and how the issue or plural or singular words should be used. Accorded to the article, this has been a continuing argument between English teachers and writers everywhere. When is it really correct to use the words he, she, his or her, as oppose to them, their, or they? The author tries to stress the fact that using the wrong pronoun could change the whole meaning of the sentence.He also addresses in the article how tricky this process can be as well. I think that shanell did a good job. the summary was well written and it also gave a great in depth sum-up about what the author was trying to teach us in this informative article. I certainly enjoyed reading this because this subject has not been taught to me in such a very long time so it was like learning it all over again because it gave me chance to enhance my knowledge about pronoun-antecedents.
ReplyDeleteShawnell and Sonia did a good job summarizing the article "Everybody Likes Pizza, doesn't he or she" written by George Jochnawitz. Sonia gave great examples explaining the difference between singular and plural indefinite pronouns. I always had a problem trying to distinguish the difference between the usage of "his" and "he" and "they" and "their." For example, "has anyone forgotten their briefcase?" OR "has anyone forgot his briefcase?" According to Jochnawitz, both words are grammatically correct. The author also mentions that using the wrong usage of the word can change the whole meaning of the sentence. This has given me a chance to enhance my understanding of using the correct pronoun and how to apply these pronouns into my sentences without changing the meaning or using them grammatically incorrect.
ReplyDeleteJochnawitz's article was very interesting, and also very informative. I think both students did a terrific job summarizing this long article. Sonia did a good job on showing the reasons and examples as to why people use "their" or "his" in their writing. I agree with the argument that chooses "theirs" over "his", because "his" is indicating a singular male. "His" does not apply to females, and although "theirs" is plural it's less sexist.
ReplyDeleteI think the article "Everybody Likes Pizza, Doesn't He or She" is informative and interesting. I thought Sonia did a good job summarizing the article. I liked that this article gave several examples of the singular and plural indefinite pronouns. The more I read the examples the smoother the sentences sounded. However, I thought that a writer’s purpose was trying to depict a story accurately so the reader has a better understanding. When using “him” in reference to what could be a female makes me feel like I've been given false information and distracts me from the reading. A good example of this is the 1940 edition of "Gone with the Wind". Even though I understand the concept of correct written grammar, I still prefer "their" over any masculine pronoun.
ReplyDeleteSonia did an excellent job in providing a comprehensive summary of a lengthy and wordy article. Dr. Jochnawitz's arguments seem to suffer from a bit of circular reasoning, vacillating between the rules of early grammatical standards and the trends of modern English; but in the end he reaches the conclusion that use of "they" in sentences with indefinite antecedents is acceptable. I agree with his conclusion. Using the phrase "he or she" seems unnecessarily awkward, while the gender specific "he" adds unwanted connotations to the sentence. If it is considered unacceptable to use "she" with an indefinite article, so should it be unacceptable to use "he."
ReplyDeleteIn both summaries Sonia and Shawnell gave good examples from the article. They both talked about the sentence structure the author gave in the article and provided the correct way to write as well. Sonia gave great detail about the article and wrote the summary as if she really understood what the article was about in which I think she did a great job writing it. Shawnell on the other hand also wrote a good summary and explained things in the article that was useful as well. I found both of these summaries informative. I never noticed or thought my sentences would sound right or be in correct grammar by replacing "they" or "their" with he/she or his/her. Now reading the article and reading these two summaries I have learned something that I was not aware of once before.
ReplyDeleteThis is one grammar rule I have always thought to be ridiculous. If our language had one word that encompassed both the male and female pronoun, such as the Finnish pronoun "hän" that means both he and she, then this would be far less of a problem. As it is, I have always thought it should be acceptable to use a plural pronoun with a word like "everybody" or "somebody," because those words imply multiple people. According to Jochnowitz, it used to be the standard to use "they" or "their" instead of "his" or "he or she," and that it is done the majority of the time in most peoples' spoken and written English. I see no reason to not change it back to the way it was before, if that is the way most people are using now and the way that sounds better. Languages change all the time when people start saying things a different way, or adding new words. When a language stops changing and is frozen, then it is a dead language.
ReplyDeleteI will admit that reading through the article "Everybody Likes Pizza, Doesn't He or She?" by George Jochnowitz was a little trying and it took a few times through to fully comprehend the meaning. The debate about the correct usage becomes almost comically confusing when we are given the quote by Butler, Hickman, and Overby that instructs us that we "recognize that no completely satisfactory solution exists,".
ReplyDeleteHowever, after pushing through to the end we find that the confusing they and he debate has a solution after all.
The article "Everybody Likes Pizza, DOESN'T HE OR SHE’’by George Jochnawitz was a little dry in my opinion. According to Jochnowitz, it used to be the standard to use they or their instead of his, he or she, and the majority of the time most people who speak English as a first language are guilty of this. Although, this may not be the grammatically correct way to speak and write I for one am not that concerned and probably will not change the way I speak unless in a formal situation.
ReplyDeleteThe article by Jochnawitz was somewhat interesting. I believe that we will always talk like this and its not a problem unless in a formal situation, like Tyler Rendleman stated. We indeed, are guilty of talking like this; for example, many people say "Are yall going?" or "Hey yall!" Some defiantly wouldn't talk like this during a job interview but some do without realizing it. Now when it come to stating "he" I think that we shouldn't say it in a way that it offends women. For the most part, we all have to work on what we say and write.
ReplyDeleteI thought that how the publisher fixed the gramattical error in the book after the original had already come out. I sort of like to see how sometimes authors make mistakes and sfuff when they are writing a book. "Everybody LIkes Pizza" by George Jochnawitz was an interestig article.
ReplyDelete“Everybody Likes Pizza, DOESEN'T HE OR SHE,’’ was George Jochnawitz attempt argue that it may be abnormal to use "they" where a singular pronoun should be, people often do so anyways. This he attributes to the difference between written and spoken language. The argument put forth is one that had been continuously debated. English teachers and writers disagree to this day about the use of words like “he”, “she”, “his” or “her”, in contrast to “them”, “their”, or “they”. Jochnawitz argues that using the incorrect pronoun can lead to a sentence with a completely different meaning than originally intended. It took me more than one read through to fully comprehend the article. The most interesting part was about sexist language. Jochnawitz’s discussion about the use of "theirs" over "his" is interesting because "his" is indicates one male. "His" is not applicable to females. However, "theirs" is plural and it is less sexist. Often in modern writing, although, it is incorrect we still often see the use of the word “his” being applied to both males and females.
ReplyDeleteThe article "Everybody Likes Pizza, Doesn't He or She?" by George Jochnowitz brought up some interesting points about the pronoun-antecedent agreement rule. Although this is more on the subject of linguistics, I think Jochnowitz forgets to mention an important point. No matter what people think about this grammar rule, it is still a rule for a reason. Making sure the plural or singular words in a sentence agree with one another, can prevent much reader confusion about what a writer is trying to say. The main point about this rule, which should be considered, is that there is a difference between grammar and language. The way people talk will always be different from the way they speak. Most native English speakers do not speak proper English. There are also many different dialects. Ultimately, when it comes to English grammar, a rule is a rule and it should continue to be taught.
ReplyDeleteSonia Mayol and Shawnell Sawyer each did a great job summarizing the article "Everybody Likes Pizza, Doesn't He or She?" by George Jochnowitz. They both articulated the main points that Jochnowitz was trying to get across and gave the examples necessary of his research that showed how even English teachers aren’t all the same page as whether to use ‘he’ or ‘they’. The article was a little hard to follow for me a took a couple times to read. However, after reading both summaries I felt a little more comfortable with the article by Jochnowitz. Overall, I say good summary to both Mayol and Sawyer.
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ReplyDeleteI believe both students gave excellent details on the article. As far as the article goes, I never paid attention to indefinite pronouns. As I continued to read the summaries I realized that I normally write how I speak, and never cared for grammar rules. So as I read the summaries I can see why most people would agree on how using indefinite pronouns would make a difference. But as I continue to read these blog the more I become aware of how to use grammar the correct way.
ReplyDeleteSonia Mayol did a great job at summarizing George Jochnowitz article "Everybody Likes Pizza, Doesn't He or She?" I like that she gave the "Gone with the Wind" sentence as an example of what Jochnowitz was trying to get across. I personally disagree with Jochnowitz saying that "he" can properly be used as a singular inderfinite pronoun. I think that if the sentence doesn't begin with a gender then the pronoun should be gender neutral. I think if you put "he" without the sentence being about a male it sounds unnatural.
ReplyDeleteMost English speakers would agree with the English teachers who did not write "doesn't he?" Languages are always evolving and the English language is no exception. I feel that as a language evolves so should its rules. The people who speak the language are the ones who explore it and I believe that the grammar rules should develop behind the speakers. Of course, if one rule is changed, a floodgate will be opened and any rule could potentially be changed.
ReplyDeleteI thought that both students did a good job summarizing the article. However, I enjoyed Sonia's summary because she went into great detail about the article and gave various examples throughout her summary. The article itself was lengthy. Furthermore, I believe that saying they or their sounds better than using he or she. For instance, "Has anyone forgotten their briefcase?" sounds better than "Has anyone forgot his briefcase?". Although both of these sentences are considered grammaticlaly correct, I dislike the way the sentence sounds when replacing "their" with "he."
ReplyDeleteIn George Jochnawitz article "Everyone likes pizza, Doesn't He or She" I do believe valid points were made. The author speaks about the grammatical errors that most people make when it comes to using words in the correct context. He also touches on the issues that come along with singular and plural words. Jochnawitz feels that it is not normal to use "they" where singular pronouns should be. By doing this sometimes the meaning of the sentence could be changed if the correct pronoun is not used.
ReplyDeleteSonia and Shawnell did a fabulous job summarizing the article "Everybody Likes Pizza, doesn't he or she" written by George Jochnawitz. Sonia gave great examples explaining the difference between singular and plural indefinite pronouns. A deserving A+ for the written summary. Shawnell used good examples as well. Although I understood the article, I always had a problem trying to figure the difference between the terms of "his" and "he" and "they" and "their." For example, "has anyone forgotten their jacket?" OR "has anyone forgot his jacket ?" According to Jochnawitz, both words are grammatically correct. The author also mentions that using the wrong usage of the word can change the whole meaning of the sentence. This has given me a chance to enhance my understanding of using the correct pronoun and how to apply these pronouns into my sentences without changing the meaning or using them grammatically incorrect.
ReplyDeleteSonia's summary was very good! It captured the purpose of Jochnowitz's story and gave examples. I especially liked how she incorporated the gender aspect because it attracts the reader. From reading the article you can improve your own writing. I know I need to practice on this myself!
ReplyDeleteI think the article "Everyone likes pizza, Doesn't he or she?" was trying to say that 1940 copy of Gone With the Wind was the more correct version. In the 1936 edition the text read, "Everyone was very polite and kind to her because they felt sorry for her..." and the 1940's text, "Everyone was very polite and kind to her because he felt sorry for her..." The article did sound like either way was correct though.
ReplyDeleteIn Sonia Mayol's and Shawnell Sawyer’s blog post, I can realize the important points which has been pointed out with examples like George Jochnowitz wanted to mentioned in his article. In fact, the singular indefinite pronoun like “he”, “his”, “him” sometimes can also applied in the case with plural indefinite pronoun such as “they”, “their”, ”them”. Nowadays, people tend to use “he” or “she” to definite everybody, everyone. However, “they” can be used in some case such as “everybody need to hand in their homework, don’t they?” What indefinite pronoun should be used is depending on the situation. Again, I am appreciated Sonia Mayol's and Shawnell Sawyer’s efforts to do a great job on the post.
ReplyDeleteBoth of the students did a wonderful job of summarizing the article.
ReplyDeleteThe article was very interesting, and it show's that there is a great flaw in our education system. From what I gathered is that English has two components to it: A spoken one and written component. Many get confused with certain words because in written form they are correct, but in spoken they sound awkward so when they write, they write how they speak which is in turn incorrect. I think teachers should be more insightful on what rules should be used when writing; for this class for example, is showing the correct grammar rules.
Also, the author's daughter is extremely brilliant for realizing such a grammar difference, I would have never noticed that at her age.
George Jochnawitz article entitled, "Everybody Likes Pizza, DOESN'T HE OR SHE’’ focuses on the pronoun of "he" and "she or using "they" or their" in a sentence.In my opinion, using terms, "he" and "his" when addressing a population that is not specifically male is not only outdated, but also politically incorrect. According to this, while both are considered grammatically correct, a gender neutral pronoun is not only more politically correct but more universally acceptable. Along with the progression of humankind gender neutral terms such as "they" and "their" are becoming more accepted as the norm, not only grammatically but also socially. I think that the terms we consider socially acceptable indicates what we value.
ReplyDeleteCareful, students: Both summaries are WRONG. The ERROR was in the original edition of Gone With the Wind. The little girl just THOUGHT she had found a mistake, because she -- like so many people nowadays -- would have made a mistake and would have said, "EVERYONE was kind because THEY felt sorry for her," which is grammatically wrong. The copy editor of Mitchell repaired this mistake in 1940 by writing, "EVERYONE was kind because HE felt sorry." As you all know, the word EVERYONE is on our list of words that always demand the SINGULAR. The little girl, of course, didn't know it. Make sure you understand the article.
ReplyDeleteJochnawitz's article "Everyone likes pizza" focuses on pronoun-antecedent arguments. I believe this article was very informative. Both of the students did a great job summarizing the article. I liked the fact the Sonia gave examples in her summary. I felt the examples helped grasp the concept of this article. Also, I like how Sonia brought up the gender roles, which we can relate too.
ReplyDeleteExcellent review of the article Sonia and Shawnell. Nice job Sonia on further showing and explaining the reasons why people use "their" or "his" in their writing. When it pertains to my own writing, I cant say that I've noticed or even considered that my sentences might be wrong by not replacing "they" or "their" with he/she or his/her. This is definitively something I will keep in mind in the future.
ReplyDeleteI do not like rule. To many people are getting it wrong even the people that are sapost to know the rule and to make sure that their students know it as well. If there is so much inconsistent, then I wonder if there is a master rule to go on.
ReplyDeleteBoth writers did a great job summarizing the article, "Everybody likes pizza, Doesn't He or She?". I seen that type of grammar mistake where you replace "they" or "their" with "he" or "she" including myself so it is common. I agree with the author of the article on how it is not wrong but actually normal to write that way. Its interesting how the little girl noticed the difference between the two novel written years ago to the novel written more recently. The fact that teachers can not even agree on a right or wrong answer is what makes this article more persuasive than it already is. Good job you guys on summary and it is something I will most definitely keep in mind.
ReplyDeleteBoth writers did an excellent job in both summarizing the article "Everybody Likes Pizza" and giving excellent examples in the article. This is something that needs to be addressed because sometimes people tend to forget when to say "he," "they" or "their" in the right sentences. There wasn't really anything to put out to criticize in any summary. Overall, great job.
ReplyDeleteJochnawitz takes on the usage if he/she/they/their in his article and makes in interesting point. His point is that in cases where "he" is used the word "they" should be used instead. He goes on to explain this point by stating that using "they" is common english and to use "he" instead is awkward. His point is that overtime english has adapted and "he" should have changed to "they" by now. To clarify this point Jochnawitz uses the example of how the word cows used to be kine and overtime it has changed. He also shows an feminist alternative of using "she" instead of "he" and how it still appears awkward. All in al Jochnawitz does a good job proving that "they" should be correct english.
ReplyDeleteI think that Sonia's summary of the article was great. I believe that using they in sentences that are not gender specific causes less confusion for readers, and with this I believe that the use of they should be used in such cases.
ReplyDeleteThe first article did a good job of summing up the article, it made get what was going on and notice that "Everyone" is one of the singular words on the list which made me rethink the use of the word they. But overall the article was good and it helped me understand the way this system works.
ReplyDeleteNot the only the article, "Everybody likes pizza, Doesn't he or she?" written by George Jochnawitz did a great job at giving me a better understanding of the usage of "they" and different singular pronouns. Though, I have gotten better I still find myself misusing pronouns to a certain extent. I found the article extremely helpful and think some teachers might do well to incorporate this information into a lesson plan.
ReplyDeleteThis was a very well written summary. It encompassed the main point, and several examples from the text. When using singular pronouns it does seem to have less of a flow in the sentence than a plural pronoun. Also just because "he" or "him" is put into a sentence doesn't mean it turns the sentence more masculine. If that is common language, then it makes sense to me. Before I read this article, I would have never guessed "he" could replace "they." It doesn't sound right when I say it so I probably wouldn't have used it if I never read this article.
ReplyDeleteJochnawitz's article, "Everybody likes pizza, Doesn't he or she?", distinguishes the difference between singular and plural pronouns with the antecedent disagreement. Jochnawitz uses from references from popular narratives to feminist handbooks. Her diverse examples show how this mistake commonly occurs.
ReplyDeleteI believe the article "Everybody likes pizza, Doesn't he or she?" Explained in great detail the use of "he" or "she" in sentences. The thought of "he", "his", or "him" being used as the dominate factor to objectify the sex of the person without really knowing the sex is wrong. There should be a word that states that the sex of the person is unknown. This article also gave me a better view on the word "they", and how I can use it in the same sentence as "he", and it will mean the same thing.I do believe that this will help me in my future writing.
ReplyDeleteWhile he questions the correct use of "his" and "their" in his example statement, Jochnowitz only says that it is more formal to use "his" in that situation. Even though it sounds wrong, it is correct, and that could stem from the influence romantic languages have on the English language. for instance, in spanish, if you greet multiple people who are both male and female, you use the plural masculine form of the noun amigo. so it would be, "como estas mis amigos." Although this isn't the formal version of the statement, the idea that the masculine form of the noun takes over is similar to the way "his" sounds more formal in Jochnowitz's briefcase example.
ReplyDeleteI am happy to have read this artical because it cleared up a lot of confusion that I had about these pronouns. Before this article, I would stray away from using the word "he" or "him", honestly, it does not really sound correct. I prefer to use "they" because it seems more universally acceptable from both genders. By reading this tought me that using "he" would be grammatically correct. We have to learn to look past normative grammar.
ReplyDeleteReading this article was somewhat fun to me, I got a better understanding of how to write in a way that makes sense..even if it does not flow off the tongue correctly. Being able to spot sentences that are incorrectly written is a great skill to have, and make for a more intelligent writing style. The summary of the article was also well written, it summed up major points and explained things a little more easily.
ReplyDeleteThe article completely confused me. After reading about how the author's daughter found an grammatical error in the book she was reading, I was completely lost. I believe that the author was using to many complicated terms to get his points across. I also feel like he was not explaining himself enough just using examples and hoping that would be enough. I hoped that the article would help me with my homework but it did nothing but leave me more confused.
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ReplyDeleteThis article was very interesting but a little difficult for me to follow. I feel like it just kept going back and forth between what was the right way and what was the wrong way; that made for a confusing read. I also feel like the subject is difficult to grasp as well. Normally, “they” or “them” sound normal, but in reality, it is “he” or “she” that is grammatically correct. I believe that is all right is one does not adhere to all the rules when speaking informally. However, when it is formal or they are writing a piece of work, they should go with what is grammatically correct. This is a topic that has been debated between teachers and writers around the world for a long time, and it is one that I think will be continued to be argued about because it is so complex.
ReplyDeleteBoth Shawnell and Sonia did a very good job summarizing the article, "Everybody Likes Pizza, Doesn't He or She?" by George Jochnowitz. The article is about the proper usage of singular indefinite pronouns. He uses an example from "Gone With the Wind" where on the later edition of the book the phrase was written wrong, that it should have been used with "they" instead of "he". After reading this article, I was able to gain a better understanding that I can use "he" instead of always using "they", and that it is not incorrect to use "he" when I think it should be used with "they".
ReplyDeleteAfter re-reading the article, "Everybody Likes Pizza, Doesn't He or She?" by George Jochnowitz I found that the two articles that Sonia and Shawnell wrote just so happened to be wrong. It gets confusing sometimes when it comes to grammar because people often write like how they speak. When writing proper grammar some things may not sound right because we as people don't use that type of grammar in our everyday speaking. After reading the article once more I was able to get a better understanding of why we use incorrect grammar and ways that we can improve by replacing the word "they" with "he".
ReplyDeleteAfter reading the summaries, I believe it was very important what started off Jochnowitz's story was told. You can tell a lot by a story and author by the way they try to grab the audience’s attention. Although the summaries were off the point of the article, I now understand the Gone With the Wind reference. After discussing it in class, I think it is really important the way the other pointed how the error. I also really enjoyed the fact Sonia gave examples of what she was speaking about. That made it a lot easier to grasp the concept of the article. I can relate to when Sonia brings up the feminine part. I am female so I can see where that point is coming from, but I do not believe I have ever been offended by something like that.
ReplyDeleteI think the summary by both student were good, but after discussing them in class they turned out to be misinforming. I beleieve that due to the article having the wrong example listed correctly had the reader mis informed.I reread the article and combined it with the discussion we had in class, and got a better understanding of it. The discussions really helped.
ReplyDeleteHe, she, or, it all boils down to the “he” in my world. The general rule in English tells that everybody can take on a plural or singular case. Depending on how the sentence is structured I do not see any reason why “he, or him” cannot be used in a sentence like: “Everybody loves pizza, does he not?” For feminist to get all upset just because there is not a she option, in my opinion is ridiculous after all we are made from a “He and she” so being proper and just using the “he” form should not bother people.
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