Posting date: 2017-03-29 | ||
Student Has Grade Docked for Using the word 'Mankind' in English Paper |
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A Northern Arizona University student lost credit on an English paper for using the word “mankind" instead of a gender-neutral alternative. Cailin Jeffers, an English major at NAU, told Campus Reform that she received an email from one of her professors, Dr. Anne Scott, informing her that she had been docked one point out of a possible 50 on a recent paper for “problems with diction (word choice)†related to her use of the word “mankind†as a synonym for “humanity.†| ||
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