Blog Entries from chicagoliz

  1. Masculine Pronouns

    There was a recent thread here on the use of the masculine gender pronoun when referencing a person of unknown gender. I saw an entry today on this very issue on The Passive Voice blog ( [URL]http://www.thepassivevoice.com/[/URL] ) and thought some of you might be interested. The blog references a paper by someone from the Yale University Department of Cognitive Science entitled The Extinction of Masculine Generics. Below is the URL for that paper....
  2. Apologies to my MC

    I feel really bad right now. I've realized that I've let my MC down. I just received some feedback -- really good, thoughtful feedback, from people who know their stuff. It was what I needed to hear, but not what I really wanted. It turns out, that at least in my introduction, my MC is coming across as wimpy and unlikeable. How upset he'd be if he knew people thought this! I know he's not that way. How did I manage to make him come across as such? I'm the translator between him...
  3. Oh, Ephemeral Post New Thread Button -- Why did you have to appear at all?

    So, I joined this intriguing and informative site and was given this blog -- a wonderful blank canvas to expound on any matter that might strike me. But what to write? I had nothing I really needed to say, yet. But today, I do. I need to vent and I have no other place to do so. My frustration has finally made me blog. I didn't want to complain on the boards. I really don't want to complain at all. All I want to do is explain my anguish, even if it's only to myself. I need to type it...
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