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Macron opposes gender-neutral French writing

Macron opposes gender-neutral French writing

VILLERS-COTTERÊTS: French President Emmanuel Macron (pix) waded into a culture war debate on Monday, saying France should “not give in to fashionable trends” as he appeared to back a bill to ban “inclusive language”.French is tricky for those trying to be strictly gender neutral since most nouns come in masculine and feminine forms.In the past, the masculine was used as the default, but increasingly people have started offering both versions, separated by dots or dashes, to be more inclusive -- for example: “cher.e.s francais.e.s” (dear French).The Senate was set to debate a proposed ban on this inclusive writing on Monday, put forward by right-wing lawmakers.Macron, who happened to be opening a museum to the French language on the same day, appeared to agree with them.“We must allow our language to live, but also keep its foundations... and not give in to fashionable trends,“ he said as he inaugurated the Cite Internationale de la Langue Francaise in northeastern France.“In this langu

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