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uh.... okay.

"who is she?" - Well, teratogen, the thought entered my mind that a poet can be female as well as male, I know some female poets who really excel, and some of the best poets in this forum actually are female. To keep gender prejudice out of the paragraph I decided to switch from female pronouns to male, and back. (Not sooo unusual a technique...)

Tom it is quite noble of you to use the female pronoun instead of the male, however having chosen a sex for your poet you need to stick to it. You cannot keep changing it on alternate sentences. Then again maybe your hypothetical poet is a shemale.

p.

p. - I did, thereby proving I could. But I agree that sticking to one grammatical gender consistently for the whole paragraph would've made the reading easier.

Regards
tom

yes, it would have. i know of that technique, but i see it very rarely. i had a philosophy professor who did that in his lectures and it was a bit odd, but then again, so was he. he was a very nice man, but he was soooo very politically correct.

so, your philosophy professor was politically correct? good for her. I hope he was passionate about it and did everything she could to promote it.

one of the greatest con-tricks during my lifetime has been to turn that approach into something to be sneered at. well, that's how it is in England anyway. the tabloids run this country....for now


COME THE REVOLUTION, MY FRIENDS...

see, that was pretty funny. you weren't personally attacking anybody right there.

well, that's how it is in England anyway. the tabloids run this country....for now

Are you sure someone is running the country? I can't say i had noticed.

p.

i've never been to england but i'd say if elton john were running it i'd move there immediately. hahaha.