From: "Skye" <skyezacharia@yahoo.com>
> They're just elements of what is called gender-neutral
> text: all I'm saying is that there are obvious
> problems with the english language, such that extra
> systems are often created to implement or modify it...
There may be problems with the language, but nothing compared to the problems
created by modifying it to suit the wishes of ideologues and meddlers.
The English language is beautiful, and was perhaps more beautiful in
Shakespeare's day. With the advent of printed dictionaries, it became possible
to teach people the language so that dialects did not overtake it, but could
still enrich it. The language continues to evolve spontaneously and words are
added to it continuously.
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
--J. R.
"Something beckons within the reach of each of us
to save heroic genius. Find it, and do it.
For as goes heroic genius, so goes humankind."
--Alligator Grundy, _Analects of Atman_
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