The proper matches in colon B.

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Practice collocation of English words. Match the words from colon A with

Recognise discriminatory messages that the following sentences

communicate:

A. Sentences:

1. Anna Leoni, the attractive wife of eminent surgeon, Doctor Peter Leoni, is the new head of the Technology Grants Commission.

2. Science graduates, including one Vietnamese, have been offered positions at B-Tech Laboratories.

3. The men and girls in the engineering faculty team played like a bunch of old women.

4. In our grandfathers' time, the wireless was a source of home entertainment.

B. Messages communicated:

a) It is not relevant to focus on the background of only one person in this context.

b) Women are frequently described in terms of their appearance or defined by their relationship to men. Men are rarely described or defined in these ways.

c) The message excludes all the grandmothers who were entertained by the home wireless. This form of language makes women invisible to readers or listeners

d) The language used to refer to the team's performance denigrates both women and older people. It also suggests that women are not adults.

A. B.

writing … sense

discriminatory… member

acceptable … alternative

human … words

male dominated … clarity

appropriate … attitude

accurate … decency

offending … views

minority… society

common… expressions

non-biased… writing

6. Add prepositions to these words:

7. Discuss the following statement:

“When I use he, him or his as a generic, I am not discriminating against women. For many years these words have been accepted as generic. They refer to both sexes and that is the meaning I have in mind when I use them”.