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Ask your teacher. I had one who didn't mind, and the others suggested ways to write around the problem (variously, use the "universal he," use the "universal she," alternate he and she, recast the ...
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2019-12-13T12:00:23Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added
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2019-12-08T03:33:41Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
Ask your teacher. I had one who didn't mind, and the others suggested ways to write around the problem (variously, use the "universal he," use the "universal she," alternate he and she, recast the sentence as plural). Each teacher will have different preferences. It doesn't hurt to ask upfront.
#1: Imported from external source
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2014-06-05T00:35:09Z (over 10 years ago)
Original score: 7