Dear Sir or Madam,
I found your story ‘Meet Nell Pickerell‘ to be fascinating, but I was dismayed by your use of pronouns. The author writes, ‘Nell appears to have been consistent in viewing herself as a man.’ Given that consistency, wouldn’t it be more correct to refer to him as ‘he’? Most style guides, including the AP guide, do say that pronoun use should conform to how the subject views themself. I would like it very much if you could please correct this otherwise excellent article.
Best,
Charles Hutchins
London, England
How can a journalist get something so right and so wrong at the same time??
