"gender neutral pronouns"

[Vadim Besprozvany]

Human wisdom is limited, stupidity isn't. The sentence is infested  
with a horrible grammar, there's no need to make any small corrections  
there - better to write something new, more informative. A propos,  
"Pushkin was" not a "Russia¹s first great historian" He was just a  
good pupil of Karamzin. VB

Quoting Robert Chandler <kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM>:

> Dear all,
>
> I¹m curious to know how people react to the following sentence:
> ³Pushkin was both Russia¹s greatest poet and its first great historian.²
>
> It is by me, as changed, against my wishes, by one of my editors.  To my
> ear, it grates horribly.  I would prefer Œher first great historian¹.
> Apparently ³house style¹ favours ³gender-neutral pronouns².
>
> Am I being silly, sentimental, old-fashioned, sexist...?  Does anyone else
> feel strongly, either way, about this?
>
> Best Wishes,
>
> Robert
>
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