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English Brushup, 3e Book Cover
English Brushup, 3/e
John Langan
Janet Goldstein
Pronoun Types

Writing On/Off

These writing prompts are followed by text boxes for your input. If you are working online and your instructor has given you the go-ahead, you can e-mail your work to him or her and also to yourself by copying your answers (CTRL-C on most systems) and pasting them (CTRL-V) into an email or text document.



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Activity 1

This web page discusses "gender-neutral pronouns," pronouns that do not indicate whether the person they refer to is male or female. How do you feel about incorporating such words into English? Do you think they would make language "more equal?" What do you think of the site in general?

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Activity 2

Go to this on-line library of short stories and read one. Pay close attention to the authors use of pronouns. Does he or she always use them correctly? If not, do you think the mistakes are intentional? Think about how fiction writing is sometimes different from formal writing.









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