[Ads-l] "man" avoidance

[Benjamin Barrett]

What is the issue? Should they have written “311 mostly male people”? BB
 
> On 23 Sep 2016, at 18:44, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Erase  sexist history!
> 
> CNN online:
> 
> "During the outfit's short lifetime in 1941 and '42, 311 people were
> recruited for what was officially called the 1st American Volunteer Group.
> Starting with 99 planes, they racked up an amazing combat record in just
> about seven months, destroying 297 enemy aircraft in Burma, Thailand and
> China."

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