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>>GavCo+(OP)
> A most formidable female -> A most formidable woman

What is the reasoning for this? Not following what is "wrong" in the original.

>>gedy+rl
In current American English, “female” has shifted to usually being an adjective, woman is a noun. Referring to people by noun-ing one of the adjectives that describes them is something considered reductive by a chunk of the population.

If someone is a fan of “female” as a noun: I’m not going to change your mind. I get that changing language is annoying sometimes. I’m pointing out that “female” as a noun does bother some people, “woman” only bothers people if they know it’s been changed and see it as bowing to PC pressure. Since most people don’t check the diffs from one edition to another when buying books, this is a really easy decision on the part of the publisher, who just wants to quietly make money for the most part.

>>bee_ri+o41
As a native English speaker, I find it hard to keep up and understand everything that’s now been deemed inappropriate. I can’t imagine how a non native would understand.

Seems like there is an effort to intentionally keep making it more complex to show who really keeps up with twitter the most.

>>Gigach+x81
> I can’t imagine how a non native would understand.

I don't understand it. Respectfully, I also find it mildly amusing.