L-9c Editing Out Sexist Language

EXERCISE 2 / Revising Sexist Sentences. For each of the following mottoes, proverbs, and

quotations, suggest an alternative wording that expresses the same meaning but eliminates

SEXIST LANGUAGE. Answers to even-numbered items can be found at the back of the book.

us we are Let each become all he is capable of being.

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— Original Motto of the State University of New York

EXAMPLE

1. From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs. — Karl Marx

2. He who dies with the most toys wins. — Malcolm Forbes

3. He who does things for others does things for himself. — Motto of Perse School, England

4. Everyone must row with the oars he has. — English proverb

5. The best surgeon is he that hath been hacked himself. — English proverb

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