Instead of Saying "She" and "He," Some Writers Use New

question 67

Multiple Choice

Instead of saying "she" and "he," some writers use new, "invented" pronouns like "hir" and "ze" that refer to a person of either gender. Why would these writers want new pronouns?

• A) New pronouns reform sexist language to make it more gender neutral.
• B) New pronouns make their work more distinctive, and novelty is a great selling point.
• C) New pronouns are useful in works written by more than one author, at least one man and one woman.
• D) New pronouns help to start a social movement.
• E) New pronouns make English more like Latin.

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