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Gender neutral language in French: Difference between revisions
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===Morphologically invariant [https://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/gender-specific_noun.htm gender-specific nouns]=== | ===Morphologically invariant [https://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/gender-specific_noun.htm gender-specific nouns]=== | ||
It should be noted that, because French systematically derives its agent nouns through the addition of gender-marked suffixes, it lacks the true [[wikipedia:Collective_noun|common-gender nouns]], i. e. ''[https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Utrum Utrum]'', found in English. | It should be noted that, because French systematically derives its agent nouns through the addition of gender-marked suffixes, it lacks the true [[wikipedia:Collective_noun|common-gender nouns]], i. e. ''[https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Utrum Utrum]'' (cf. also [https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_gender dual-gender nouns]), found in English. | ||
Some examples of morphologically — but not syntactically — invariant gender-specific nouns in French | Some examples of morphologically — but not syntactically — invariant gender-specific nouns in French | ||