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Generally, there is much to admire about [[pronoun]]s. Lawyers don’t use them often enough: they are more idiomatic and easier on the ear that the lawyer’s usual stand-in “[[such]] [insert [[noun]]]”. But pronouns tend to commit you to a [[gender]]: “[[he]]”, or “[[she]]”, “[[him]]” or “[[her]]” — seeing as no-one likes to be referred to as “[[it]]”, and “[[he or she]]” is an abomination before all right-thinking men. '' | Generally, there is much to admire about [[pronoun]]s. Lawyers don’t use them often enough: they are more idiomatic and easier on the ear that the lawyer’s usual stand-in “[[such]] [insert [[noun]]]”. But pronouns tend to commit you to a [[gender]]: “[[chauvinist language|he]]”, or “[[chauvinist language|she]]”, “[[chauvinist language|him]]” or “[[chauvinist language|her]]” — seeing as no-one likes to be referred to as “[[chauvinist language|it]]”, and “[[chauvinist language|he or she]]” is an abomination before all right-thinking men. ''[[And/or]]'' women. | ||
And nor, these days, does that remotely capture the possible universe of alternatives. While the [[JC]] has no wish to get offside with any factions in the presently raging gender wars — we have [[Hary poter|J.K. Rowling and her ingrate actor friends]] for that — he does not propose to even try to accommodate emerging non-binary formulations. | And nor, these days, does that remotely capture the possible universe of alternatives. While the [[JC]] has no wish to get offside with any factions in the presently raging gender wars — we have [[Hary poter|J.K. Rowling and her ingrate actor friends]] for that — he does not propose to even try to accommodate emerging non-binary formulations. | ||