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?

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.