Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mtxinu!shore From: shore@mtxinu.COM (Melinda Shore) Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc Subject: Re: The nature of English (was Re: The nature of wizards) Keywords: they Message-ID: <1376@mtxinu.UUCP> Date: 19 Oct 90 21:11:09 GMT References: <4363@rsiatl.UUCP> Reply-To: shore@mtxinu.com (Melinda Shore) Organization: mt Xinu, Berkeley Lines: 9 [] See the APA guidelines for the use of nonsexist language (1977). These are distributed by Usenix to authors, speakers, and program chairs. See also the Chicago Manual of Style, where the use of sexist language and unnecessarily gender-specific pronouns is considered "infelicitous." -- Melinda Shore shore@mtxinu.com mt Xinu ..!uunet!mtxinu.com!shore