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Re: off topic: voicerecognition & grammar, too



Fredric Gross wrote:
Reminds me of the time many years ago when I was urged to try Grammatic IV. To the rhetorical question, "Has New Jersey adopted the jurisprudence of Chairman Mao?" I was advised by G-IV to "avoid gender-specific terms, try Chairperson [Mao]."
Just to nit-pick (it's part of a copy editor's job description),
the nonsense (99% of the time) about "gender-specific language"
is a matter of usage, not grammar.

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Patricia M. Godfrey
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