Question
Revise the following sentence to include gender neutral pronouns. Change any words necessary.
A writer must include research to ensure the reader understands his point.
I need help with this one.
A writer must include research to ensure the reader understands his point.
I need help with this one.
Answers
Writeacher
I'd change the subject to plural form and then change the pronoun to match.
How would you do that?
How would you do that?
Tim
The writer research must ensure the reader is understanding his point.
Please check my work or how would you rewrite.
Please check my work or how would you rewrite.
Writeacher
<b>What word is the subject of that sentence?</b>
Make it plural, and then make the other words in the sentence fit with a plural subject.
Make it plural, and then make the other words in the sentence fit with a plural subject.
Tim
The male writer research must
ensure his reader they are understanding his point.
Recheck my answer.
ensure his reader they are understanding his point.
Recheck my answer.
Ms. Sue
His??? Is that gender neutral?
Why haven't you followed Writeacher's advice????
Why haven't you followed Writeacher's advice????
Tim
I'm trying to follow my teacher advise.
Writer's must include their research to ensure there reader's understands his point.
How would you write this.
Writer's must include their research to ensure there reader's understands his point.
How would you write this.
Ms. Sue
That's right --
EXCEPT only possessives and contractions use apostrophes. Your sentence contains two apostrophe errors plus one spelling error.
EXCEPT only possessives and contractions use apostrophes. Your sentence contains two apostrophe errors plus one spelling error.
TAJ W.
Writers must include research to ensure the reader understands their point.
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It's D they