Saturday, April 16, 2016

Editorial Report A

    Editing time! I have a lot to still write and fix but this is a real start.

Selection from Rough Cut
The above interaction probably does not draw any attention as being out of the ordinary, in fact, it could be something overheard or said personally and it would never seem out of place in day-to-day conversation. However, some people seem to think that using they as a singular pronoun is incorrect, and should not be used when referring to a person one knows. Much of this argument is rising from the surge of visibility for trans, genderqueer, and nonbinary individuals; who may not particularly like being addressed by a gendered pronoun such as he or she. The English language has no real neutral pronoun that some other languages have, and so it was naturally proposed that the pronoun ‘they’, which is already used in daily speech  in address of a person of some unspecified gender, should fill this role. And yet, while widely accepted, there are still those who want to argue that it shouldn’t be used, or that we don’t even need such pronouns.

Re-edited Selection
              The above interaction probably would not draw attention as being out of the ordinary in an everyday conversation. However, some people seem to think that using they as a singular pronoun is incorrect, and should not be used when referring to a person one knows. Much of this argument is rising from the surge of visibility for trans, genderqueer, and nonbinary individuals; who may not particularly like being addressed by a gendered pronoun such as he or she. The English language has no real neutral pronoun that some other languages have, like the use of "hen" in Sweden and Norway (Vindenes). So it was proposed that the pronoun "they", which is already used in daily speech to address a person of some unspecified gender, should fill this role. And yet, while generally accepted, there are still those who want to argue that it shouldn’t be used, or that we don’t even need such pronouns. My argument is that "they" should become the prescribed gender neutral pronoun used in English, and that whatever pronouns a person would like to be addressed with should be accepted and used.

Content Change
            The content that was changed included elaborating on what exactly my side of the argument is, as well as including better argument even within the introduction so that people would understand exactly what I'm talking about better.

Form Change
           A change in form in this section was the inclusion of a source for an argument, which enhances my credibility on the subject. Other form changes included shortening of sentences so people would not get lost in what was being said.

1 comment:

  1. Hey, Alexis! Here is the link to the peer review I did for you. Hope it helps!

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