Dne ponedeljek 26. julija 2010 ob 21:33:44 je Martin Schröder napisal(a): > Please not the "erigiertes Binnen-I" :-) > http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binnen-I
I kinda like that :] Dne ponedeljek 26. julija 2010 ob 18:23:57 je Richard Stephens napisal(a): > The trend that I have noticed (and which trips off the tongue most easily > for British english-speakers) is to use the plural 'they' in place of the > singular pronoun 'he' or 'she'. This avoids having to choose! For purists, > it rankles, but then we have to accept that the language will change. > Personally, for serious writing, I use the rather cumbersome, but > grammatically correct, 'he or she'. I personally don't like 'he/she'. The > use of 'one' as a pronoun in British english is pretty much dead and sounds > very stilted to us - only the Queen and old school masters still use it! > Using 'it' is not an option. "They" sounds like a pretty good compromise. I'll try it out when I next write an article. Cheers, Matija -- gsm: +386 41 849 552 www: http://matija.suklje.name xmpp: matija.suk...@gabbler.org ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________
