English Standard Accuse Of Sexism Research Paper

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The English Standard accuse of sexism. Once considered appropriate to refer to a person of unknown gender with masculine pronouns. To rest this issue, I prefer to imply a person as his/her. Referring to a person as his/her is not sexist, either way it is implying they are a person.Using the term “their” is showing possession. Using the term “one” cannot show you are talking about a person, “one” is a number. Using the term “one” is not sexist but is not grammatically correct either. For example “To be considered for the presidency, one must have one’s act together”. With this term we do not know who the person is speaking about or if there are really more than “one” person. Inputting “one” in the subject of a person does not tell you are

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