Editorial Report B

           Closer and closer to being something final and usable

Selection from Rough Cut
A large part of the argument that one hears against using they as the singular third person gender neutral pronoun is that it is “grammatically incorrect”. And primarily the people arguing such things would be incorrect; they is used daily in conversation towards a single person when one does not know their gender, so why couldn’t it be moved towards when using it for someone you do know their gender, just that their gender does not fit into the binary that English seems to demand with its complete lack of regard towards a third person singular without a gender.

Re-edited Selection
A large part of the argument that one hears against using "they" as the singular third person gender neutral pronoun in English is that it is “grammatically incorrect”. And primarily the people arguing such things would be incorrect; "they" is used daily in conversation towards a single person when one does not know their gender, so why couldn’t it be moved towards when using it for someone one does know personally and their gender just does not fit into the forced binary of he and she. While sometimes using "they" can lead to ambiguity in language, so can using he or she, and contextual evidence will always lead a reader or even listener to know about who is being addressed. "They" is also not a "new fad" in any sense, in fact, historically it has been used since Shakespeare and Chaucer (Doyle). As well as being grammatical, English is actually strange for its gender system of pronouns in a linguistic sense; most languages in the family of Indo-European descent, which English resides in, have a system of neuter pronouns along with the masculine and feminine ones (Curzan). It would make more sense grammatically for the inclusion of one, whether the one we already have or a newer one, If the concern for the ambiguity of using "they" was really as much of an issue as those against the use of it make it out to be, then that would merely support the need for the acceptance of other, newer singular pronouns.

Content Change
The content that was changed in this was the inclusion of historical examples of how grammatical using "they" is, as well as linguistic examples for how the inclusion of a neutral pronoun would actually make more sense.

Form Change
               The changes in form in this case were the inclusion of sources once again for some more ethical appeal, as well as what the sources are showing is a logical appeal of linguistic and historical sense. Using also historically great, or looked up to writers, helps encourage the want of people who respect such things more likely to agree with the argument.