He/She برای ارجاع به ضمیر Them استفاده از

Question

سلام دوستان. میخواستم بدونم وقتی تو انگلیسی یه فاعل به کار می بریم که جنسیتش مشخص نیست و بعد در ادامه میخوایم با ضمیر مفرد (He/She) بهش اشاره کنیم کدوم ضمیر رو باید به کار ببریم؟ (He or She)؟

دوم اینکه اگه به جاش از Them استفاده کنیم آیا جمله Formal هست؟ در امتحانهایی مث آیلتس میشه از Them تو این موارد استفاده کرد؟ (چون تو آیلتس میگن نباید تبعیض جنسیتی تو رایتینگ نوشته بشه):

If a student doesn't study, he/she won't be successful

 

مثال از Longman:

in‧va‧lid [countable]

 

someone who cannot look after themselves because of illness, old age, or injury:

I resented being treated as an invalid.

Answer 1

Yup this "singular they" again :-)

That's perfectly fine to use 'singualr they' and its derivatives (their,themself, themselves theirs, them) in both speech and writing. You cannot label it as formal or informal since it's already well-established and frequently used in both contexts.

If a student doesn't study, they won't be successful.

For more information see

http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2012/06/he-or-she-versus-they/

One more thing which is my personal advice and preference (this goes back to my writing style anyway). If you can see a way to avoid it, then do it. For example you can simply say

If students don't study,they won't be successful.

Comments

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Thank you so much and +1

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no problem mate. anytime.