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Re: off topic: voicerecognition & grammar, too
- Subject: Re: off topic: voicerecognition & grammar, too
- From: "Patricia M. Godfrey" priscamg@xxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 01 May 2009 13:01:17 -0400
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.
--
Patricia M. Godfrey
priscamg@xxxxxxxx