Nyelvtani összefoglaló – Grammar |
GENDERUsually men are ‘he’, women are ‘she’ SHE, HEin the past English has used ‘he’ in reference applying A lawyer must keep his own criminal record clean! We never found out who did it, but we hope he feels quilty. To avoid sexist language some people use ‘he or she’, A lawyer must keep his or her criminal record clean! In an informal style ‘they’ is often used to mean If anybody wants to come, they are welcome to. If anybody calls the office tell them I’m busy. If anybody wants to check their e-mails, they must ask MANUsing ‘man’ and ‘mankind’ to refer to the human race Some words ending in ‘-man’ are also avoided when chairman – chairperson (chairwoman) spokesman – spokeswoman (spokesperson) animals, cars, countries, shipsWe sometimes refer to animals as ‘he’ or ‘she’, especially Have you given the dog his dinner? The lionnes will hunt for and feed her cubs until they ‘she’ is sometimes used for motor vehicles and for Likewise, ‘she’ can be used to refer to countries, Australia sent her armies to help fight in the war.
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