Tài liệu 07) Plural personal pronouns docx
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Don't use "they" to talk about one person.
Many people use “they” as a singular noun.
But “they” is plural.
English does not have a good way to solve
this problem but on the next few slides we
will see some alternatives.
Use he or she instead of they
Instead of:
If the user wants to save as HTML they can click “Save
as web page.”
Write:
If the user wants to save as HTML he or she can click
“Save as web page.”
Use he or she instead of they
Instead of:
If the user wants to save as HTML they can click “Save as web
page.”
Write:
If the user wants to save as HTML he or she can click “Save as
web page.”
This is not convenient when you have to write it many times.
Some authors prefer to only use “he” or only use “he”. This
may give the reader the feeling that the writer is talking only
about men or only about women.
Unfortunately, there is no good way to solve this problem.
Use 'one' instead of 'they'
Instead of:
If the user wants to save as HTML they can click “Save
as web page.”
Write:
If one wants to save as HTML one can click “Save as
web page.”
Use 'one' instead of 'they'
Instead of:
If the user wants to save as HTML they can click “Save
as web page.”
Write:
If one wants to save as HTML one can click “Save as
web page.”
It will sound strange if a paper uses the word “one” in this
way many times so don’t use this too often.
