Problematic pronouns for English learners. Gender neutrality for writing and speaking
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- Gender-neutral pronouns can be confusing for English learners. When should you use the singular "they" and when should you use "he or she"?
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I often use 'it' to refer to a previous generic noun , for example, 'There is a visitor knocking at the door. I wonder who it is.'
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In Italian using the female pronoun is a formal expression that shows respect.
e.i :'Lei è davvero chiaro nello spiegare la grammatica'
'you are very clear at explaining grammar '
Lei is a neutral formal way to be address people formally . Lei include both genders like usted in Spanish and vous in French.
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I use he or she in my native language all the time. They/ them can be confusing, as the pronoun “they” is plural. Ladies and gentlemen is much better than in many languages which the masculine is only used.
English is a very neutral language with genders. Only pronouns are different. When you say “ My teacher is nice or my dog is eating a piece of meat”. We have no clue if your teacher is a woman or a man and the dog might be a female or male dog. Should we also use sentences like “ His male/ female boss is on a holiday. The pronoun its is for animals. It is a neuter pronoun. Animals can be male and female as well. We are making a big deal with genders in languages. His or her is fine because we include both genders. How about the neutral gender? They are some people who identify themselves either man nor woman. It is not a joke. Some people say “ I am neither a man nor a woman”. I am something in between.
A good student does their homework.
their means his or her
That's right
Thanks, Ben!
you teach on udemy sir?
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Can we use the grammar pronouns "their" her or she" during TOEFL without being penalized?
Yes. You will not be penalised.
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If I remember correctly, the 1850 law was enacted to stop people objecting to woman being able to have certain rights, because the relevant part in the laws had used 'he', so some people were saying that women were not included.
So Parliament clarified that those legalistic objections were invalid.
This is important at this very moment in time, because the Constitution of the United States always uses masculine terms about the President.
The clarification stops legalistic objections to Kamala Harris running for President.
I’m a bit confused with a subject-verb agreement. If we use they as a singular, should we change support to supports? 4:02
The subject-verb agreement rules don't change, even though "they" is being used as a singular pronoun.
@@tothepointenglishwithben. Thank you very much for your response!
@@tothepointenglishwithben. There is something which has always confused me, about using 'they' as a singular pronoun.
Which sentence is grammatically correct?
'Do you teach a child English, or do they teach themself?'
'Do you teach a child English, or do they teach themselves?'
So, as far as I understand, we emphasize we are using they as a “singular pronoun” to clarify that we are referring to one person, just one. However we don’t use it as singular, grammatically.
I have always used they, them and their, but on English grammar sites , I keep coming across he/she, and they has been considered incorrect.
Why isn't cyborg it?
Why is the expectant mother asked, do you know what it is?
I think most people would use "it" for a cyborg. I think Yuval Noah Harari was emphasising how human-like cyborgs will be the future.
You can refer to an unborn baby as "it" when the sex is unknown
Ben, hace you seen "they" or "their" referring to a single person, for example, when a parent doesn't want to specify if their child is a boy or a girl?
No, I have never seen it used in that way. Unless the child identifies as neither male nor female.
@@tothepointenglishwithben. Thanks.
My guess - a cyborg is a machine, from Latin machina, which is a feminine noun
Good point. But he tends to use feminine pronouns with other generic nouns, too.
Genders stuff...
It's so complicated nowadays 😊
I'll keep using he/his, thank you.
Ok. Good luck 🙂
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Cheers china !
Just pondering here: will we ever refer to ships in masculine? ;) Imagine a vessel with a statement on its (?) bow "my pronouns: he/his/him"