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Chairman or chairperson?

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OrlandoWoolf · 30/11/2013 13:21

What do you use?

DS has been asked to find the plural of Chairman and I feel it could be a teaching tool.

Chairmen? Chairpeople?

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SconeRhymesWithGone · 30/11/2013 14:18

If this is part of an English lesson, then it could be tricky depending on what the teacher is looking for.

I am in the US. Here you don't see "chairman" much at all anymore. The plural technically is, of course, chairmen. If the teacher had asked for the plural of "chairperson," the plural would be "chairpeople."

I work in a setting where we have committees and more committees and several boards of directors. We use "chair" and "chairs" and sometimes "co-chairs."

LunaticFringe · 30/11/2013 13:34

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