I say "amen" to Marianne Jennings' column, "Textbook authors stifled by today's pronoun police."
I'm weary of being forced to choose between bad grammar ("Everyone in the room took off their shoes"), sexism ("Everyone in the room took off his shoes") or annoying, excess verbiage ("Everyone in the room took off his or her shoes."). Even saying "his or her" isn't enough; some take offense because "his" precedes "her."Pronoun police are a menace to creative, intelligent thought.
Craig Larson
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Pleasant Grove