h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

> "The same technique is used for much different reasons"

I'm pretty sure that 'much' is wrong there. Please emend appropriately...

I've thought a bit more about splitting the entry, and I do still reckon it needs splitting. The obvious place would be (as I indicated when the entry was in Peer Review with an italiced note) at the 'Alternatives' header. "Perhaps the Finns, for once, are ahead of the game" is a reasonable place to conclude the first entry. Then you could title the second entry "Options for Gender-Free Pronouns". There are some obvious places to link between the two (eg "there are lots of other alternatives provided near the end of this entry").

Sorry if this is all a bit late in the day.
-Martin

Jimster - did you miss my post 14&17?

Currently:

>>> If one doesn't mind sounding a little upper class, one can resort to using 'one'. Curiously, while 'one' used to decline as 'one/his/himself' (before this grew to be considered incorrect), there is now an alternative declension of 'one/ones/oneself'. This new declension was first proposed by Robert Baker in 1770, not without opposition.Unfortunately, 'one' currently has a very specific meaning: essentially an abbreviation for 'everyone'. This is a very limited use, though no less useful for that. Sadly, extending it can cause confusion, and unlike 'they' it has no history of being used in a wider sense. <<<

Replace with:

>>> If one doesn't mind sounding a little upper class, one can resort to using 'one'. Curiously, while 'one' used to decline as 'one/his/himself' (and can still do in American English), it now declines as 'one/ones/oneself'. This new declension was first proposed by Robert Baker in 1770, not without opposition.

Unfortunately, 'one' currently has a very specific meaning: according to the OED, 'one' means 'any person' or 'the speaker or writer as representing people in general'. This is a comparatively limited use, though no less useful for that. Sadly, extending 'one' can cause confusion, and unlike 'they' it has no history of being used in a wider sense. <<<

Cheers
-Martin

> "sex also just meant biological gender"

Missing capital.

> "To learn more about pronouns, see Declining English. This entry also explains the different 'cases' in English."

replace with:
> "To learn more about pronouns, see Declining English, which also explains the different 'cases' in English."