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Originally Posted by Casiopea  ...
Thank the powers that be that someone out there realised we don't have to buy into their issue. Our generation has a slightly different take on what it means to be egalitarian and equitable: Make gender a non-issue. Reword the sentence.
What do I teach my students? Exactly what you just read. |
Amen to that; (quiet at the back, it's not clever).
But this thread led me to look at the Idioms section. Do we really say 'Take the bull by
its horns?
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Web Results 1 - 10 of about 57,000 for "bull by the horns".
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Web Results 1 - 10 of about 116 for "bull by its horns".
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(and the first hit is this thread, which follows the Idioms section, so it's really 115!)
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