Honestly I don't really get the you-can-tell-the-author's-gender. Like. At all. Up until a year and a half or so ago I used exclusively he/him pronouns online, and the only time I got asked if I'm a girl was when I sent a freaking photo of myself. (Have since adopted they/them because explaining gender fluidity to possibly overly conservative strangers online is not something I wish to get into.)
Even if we were to accept this theory as plausible, wouldn't it be targeted towards native speakers? Cause a non-native one like me wouldn't be able to tell whether a convention's more commonly used by men or women - I'd just use the ones I've been exposed to the most.
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Date: 2023-05-06 05:21 pm (UTC)Even if we were to accept this theory as plausible, wouldn't it be targeted towards native speakers? Cause a non-native one like me wouldn't be able to tell whether a convention's more commonly used by men or women - I'd just use the ones I've been exposed to the most.