Pronouns

this one: "A good doctor is always true to his noble calling." We can see that it doesn't help that English happens not to have a gender-neutral, singular pronoun for people in general. Still, such sentences can usually be made gender-neutral by simply making the noun plural—a process that also conveniently does away with the pesky male pronoun "his": "Good doctors are always true to their noble…

“the litany of expressive individualism” (6) yet “this mantra misleads” (7). He repeats the pronoun “your” in order to illustrate that graduates are encouraged to forge their own paths based on their passions but this cannot be done because success is what is truly admired. The use of the italics further contribute to the usage of parallelism because it puts emphasis on the pronoun. The emphasis on the pronoun illustrates that it is asked of graduates to do what they love, yet this can often be…

consistency: it is in human nature to fight. However, no matter how the battle or time period differs, nature will prevail. In Carl Sanburg’s poem: “Grass”, the speaker effectively uses pronouns, interrogative adjectives, and imperative verbs to portray that grass will cover up humanity’s mistakes time after time. The pronouns in this poem present the tension between the grass and the people, which in turn exemplifies nature’s superiority. The grass referring to itself as “I” and “me” proves…

The pronoun of “they” is used to describe the rest of races including white people. She stated, “I think it will help a lot of people to understand how we are just as complicated as they are…” This play is important to every race of people, because it describes…

Before taking SGST 200 class, I had a very narrow view of sexualities and gender’s problems, but I was fine with that for such a long time. Even when I decide to take this class, I wasn’t expecting to change or have a whole new view of problems like racism, sexism, and homophobia. In SGST200, I learned that there is nothing wrong with being different from others, we should be proud of ourselves and be respectful to others. We can’t change the biological diversity; everyone is different since…

Bullying: to use superior strength or influence to intimidate (someone), typically to force him or her to do what one wants. In the book Bystander by James Preller, bullying is a major factor in the story. A seventh grade boy named Eric Hayes moves to Bellport, Long Island because his father has a case of schizophrenia and his mother wants to get Eric away from the family problems, but at the same time, family problems isn't the only thing that Eric has to deal with.Eric is in 7th grade and is…

He writes, “ The text of his order (altered from the original by only a pronoun, which is not much) ran: The earth and the fulness thereof are mine, saith Monseigneur.” (pg. 79-80) The irony here is that Dickens wrote that one pronoun is changed which isn’t a big deal. In fact, that pronoun is God, so truly it is a big deal. Monseigneur thinks the world is his and that he is godlike because he has money. This is a prime example…

English and dogmatic grammar rules, we see the way in which discrimination is perpetuated and fortified through language. One such area where language is a powerful tool to discriminate is that of gender. Gender biased language such as male-based pronouns and gender-specific titles have shown to subvert females (Kleinmann, 2002). The maintenance of such language is often defended as agreed upon conventions…

parent’s beliefs. This is shown when she repeats the pronoun of a phrase seen in the beginning of the poem into a pronoun that includes herself. Similar to the second stanza of the poem, Collins states in stanza six: “although we rarely although we whispered”. Similar to this at the beginning of the poem in stanza two she states: “But mostly because they rarely spoke of or noticed or even whispered”. In these lines, the difference of pronouns, they and we, reveal that the speaker through time…

error. The Flop: “Every blogger should fix their grammar errors.” The Problem: “Every blogger” is singular and therefore should use the singular pronoun. The Fix: “Every blogger should fix his or her grammar errors.” For another option that may be more elegant than the sometimes-clunky “his or her,” I often suggest alternating use of the male pronoun with the female—employing “his” in one paragraph and “her” in the next. “Every blogger should fix his grammar errors.” “A blogger who…