Quote:
|
Originally Posted by pb ex) The girl has a blond hair and blue eyes.
(hair is non-count, so "a" is not necessary: The girl has blond hair and blue eyes.) |
Both
blond and
blonde were borrowed into English from Middle French: blond (masculine) and blonde (feminine). As a noun, both BLONDE and BLOND are used in Modern English, but the former spelling (BLONDE) may be considered sexists (i.e., not politically correct) by some, which means, BLONDE is acceptable, but just not preferred by some speakers. As an adjective, the spelling BLOND is preferred. The reason being, adjectives modify things, such as wood and hair which lack gender (i.e., Wood is neither male nor female.) :wink:
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Random House Unabridged Dictionary The spelling BLONDE is still widely used for the NOUN that specifies a woman or girl with fair hair:
‘The blonde with the baby in her arms is my anthropology professor.’
Some people object to this as an unnecessary distinction, preferring BLOND for all persons:
“My sister is thinking of becoming a blond for a while.”
As an ADJECTIVE, the word is more usually spelled BLOND in reference to either sex:
"an energetic blond girl"
"two blond sons"
although the form BLONDE is occasionally still used of a female:
"the blonde model and her escort"
The spelling BLOND is almost always used for the adjective describing hair, complexion, etc.:
"His daughter has blond hair and hazel eyes." |
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by ‘Modern American Usage (2003) “to avoid appearing sexist, it is best to refrain altogether from using BLONDE as a noun. In fact, some readers will find even the adjective BLONDE to be sexist when it modifies ‘woman’ and not ‘hair.’ |
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Davidson’s [i Watchwords[/i] (2001)]
BLOND OR BLOND: As nouns, write ‘blond’ for males, ‘blonde’ for females. As and adjective for either sex, write ‘blond.’ |
Read More... CLICK HERE
All the best, :D
blond/blonde 
Linear Mode
