Gender neutral language: Difference between revisions

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    |'''mo''' and '''man'''
    |'''mo''' and '''man'''
    |These both results from the merging of the feminine possessive pronoun "''ma''" and the masculine "''mon''".  
    |These result from the merging of the feminine possessive pronoun "''ma''" and the masculine "''mon''".  
    A commonly used alternative to these would be the "alternating approach" where one refers to somebody using "''ma''" and "''mon''" alternatively.  
    A commonly used alternative to these would be the "alternating approach" where one refers to somebody using "''ma''" and "''mon''" alternatively.  
    |"'''Iel''' est '''man''' meillleur-e ami-e depuis l'école primaire. Je '''lea''' connais depuis mes douze ans"
    |"'''Iel''' est '''man''' meillleur-e ami-e depuis l'école primaire. Je '''lea''' connais depuis mes douze ans"