On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Hans Hagen <pra...@wxs.nl> wrote: > On 26-7-2010 11:48, John Haltiwanger wrote: > >> It seems the most successful/widely adopted form is to vary from 'he' >> to 'she' (so that in one sentence you use one, in the next another). >> Some authors even change the gender within a sentence. This method was >> adopted because 'one' (the "real" correct unisex pronoun) is just too >> awkward for extended use. The morphographic he/she/he/she method reads >> surprisingly well. > > maybe male authors could use he and female authors could use she > consistently (or we could get accustomed to 'it')
I try to use "one" and "we" . -- luigi ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
