Avoiding the he/she/they problem

Subject: Avoiding the he/she/they problem
From: Jean Weber <jean_weber -at- COMPUSERVE -dot- COM>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 02:02:01 -0400

I came in late on this discussion, but thought some of you
might be interested in my papers on the subject of writing
to avoid the he/she/they problem -- without offending
anyone's idea of what's "correct" English.

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jean_weber/neutral.htm

and

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jean_weber/genwrit.htm

I welcome other examples of creative solutions. (In the years
since I wrote those papers, I've collected quite a few.)

Jean Weber
Technical Writing, Editing and Publishing Consultant
Sydney, Australia
jean_weber -at- compuserve -dot- com

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