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Editorial style guide - G

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Gender-specific suffixes

Don't use of gender-specific suffixes such as -ess or -rix

Aviator not aviatrix
Nurse not male nurse
Actor not actress
Chair not chairman
Manager not manageress
Comedian not comedienne