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Re: [APO-L] alumnus or alumnus for women?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christine L Rossman)
Tue May 27 11:12:44 2003
Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 11:13:07 -0400
Reply-To: Christine L Rossman <corporateslave@optonline.net>
From: Christine L Rossman <corporateslave@optonline.net>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
In-Reply-To: <000901c3245e$d3294990$ee041e0a@iga.local>
Usually, I just go with alum for singular gender-neutral... I suppose that
would be considered the slang of college grad terminology.
In LF&S,
Christine Rossman
Alpha Delta Eta (SUNY Albany) Alum/Advisor
Section 88 Staff
Life Member
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU]On Behalf Of Mark Stratton
> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 10:47 AM
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> Subject: Re: [APO-L] alumnus or alumnus for women?
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>
> I'll tell you my thoughts, but I'm sure I'm wrong. :)
>
> Alumnus = male (singular)
> Alumna = female (singluar)
> Alumni = male (plural) or a group containing both women and men (plural)
> Alumnae = female (plural)
>
> So, I'm certain to be corrected, but this was my understanding.
>
> Mark
