VOA慢速英语:Everyday Grammar: Problems with Pronouns and Gender

singular - adj. showing or indicating no more than one thing

gender - n. the state of being male or female; sex

discriminate - v. to unfairly treat a person or group of people differently from other people or groups

gender-neutral - adj. a word or expression that cannot be taken to refer to one gender only

virtual - adj. existing or occurring on computers or on the Internet

transgender - adj. of or relating to people who have a sexual identity that is not clearly male or clearly female

copy editor – n. a person whose job is to prepare a book, newspaper, etc., for printing by making sure the words are correct

Here is a chart showing the commonly accepted pronouns and some of the new gender-neutral pronouns: