Illinois bans male pronoun

[Joel S. Berson]

What's wrong with saying 'teaching good writing"?

Joel

At 1/4/2007 10:36 AM, you wrote:
>penpersonship? No.  Should be 'penperoffspringship.'
>
>Fritz
> >>> george.thompson at NYU.EDU 1/4/2007 7:29 AM >>>
>I'm sure we all wish that our schools would go back to teaching good
>penpersonship.
>
>GAT
>
>George A. Thompson
>Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern
>Univ. Pr., 1998, but nothing much lately.
> >
> > "The University of Illinois has banned the male pronoun.  Starting
> > Jan. 2, 2007, all print and web-based publications, whether for
> > audiences inside or outside the university, must follow the rules
> > laid out in the style guide published by the university's Office
> > of
> > Public Affairs.  And in the section on nonsexist language, the
> > style
> > guide tells us:
> >
> > Avoid gender-specific language such as the use of a male pronoun.
> >
> > There it is in plain English: we may no longer refer to anyone's
> > gender specifically. . . . "
> >
> > Read more about what's wrong with style guides at the Web of
>Language:
> >
> > or paste this URL into your browser:
> >
> > http://www.uiuc.edu/goto/weboflanguage
> >
> > Happy (nonsectarian) holidays.
> >
> > DB
> >
> >
> > Dennis Baron
> > Professor of English and Linguistics
> > Department of English
> > University of Illinois
> > 608 S. Wright St.
> > Urbana, IL 61801
> >
> > office: 217-244-0568
> > fax: 217-333-4321
> >
> > www.uiuc.edu/goto/debaron
> >
> > read the Web of Language:
> > www.uiuc.edu/goto/weboflanguage
> >
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