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I don't see anything sexist in the article? Or are all uses of gendered pronouns to be banned?
by jordan0day 12y ago
I don't see anything sexist in the article? Or are all uses of gendered pronouns to be banned?
- shawkinaw 12y agoNo, we certainly shouldn't ban them. But "someone" is ambiguous, so the possessive used later in the sentence should be as well.
- jacquesm 12y agoIt's only ambiguous absent other information and the second half of the sentence provides that. So now it is someone whose identity we do not know, but we do know that the someone is female.