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gender
Don't use 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
Use gender-neutral terms wherever possible
Their not his/hers
They not he/she
government
Lower case.
graduation, graduate
Lower case.
green paper
Lower case.
The government's higher education green paper will be published on 12 February.