- If your child is thinking about learning piano, ? can get good advice from the website.
- Each team leader is responsible for ? team.
If your child is thinking about learning piano, he can get good advice from the website. Each team leader is responsible for his team但是这种使用并不准确,且有sexist的嫌疑,所以也逐渐被淘汰了。现在我们通常采用以下几种方式:
1. 兼顾两种性别
这种方法,指的是用he or she 或者he/she的形式指代先行词,如:If your child is thinking about learning piano, he or she can get good advice from the website. Each team leader is responsible for his/her team.这样表达出来的句子比较严谨,但只限于代词少次出现的情况。
2. 变先行词为复数形式
第二种方法指的是将句子中的先行词变为复数形式,这样代词可以使用they、them,不涉及性别问题,如:If your children are thinking about learning piano, they can get good advice from the website. All team leader are responsible for their teams.
3. “they”用作第三人称“单数”
这种方法就是将they、them看做单数形式,来指代性别不明的先行词:If your childis thinking about learning piano, they can get good advice from the website. Each team leader is responsible for their team.“they”在语法中的普遍认知是一个第三人称复数人称代词,但是由于英文中没有一个词能够用来指代不知道性别的单数,而“it”又是用来指代动物或者物品的,所以“they”也已经被当做第三人称单数人称代词而普遍使用了。 注意:不管“they”用作单数还是负数形式,所搭配的动词都要使用复数形式: Every individual is unique. They are a combination of strengths and weaknesses. (√) Every individual is unique. They is a combination of strengths and weaknesses.(X) 这一用法已经被2020年第七版APA (研究论文撰写格式)刊物准则和韦氏词典承认。由此可见,语言语法也并非一成不变,live and learn~
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