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FlagGender ( text )

Flags gender pronouns in text with caps and brackets.

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Peter Vinogradov - Show more from this author

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Let ( [ P = "[PARAGRAPH] "; t = P & Substitute ( text ; "¶" ; "¶" & P ) ] ; Substitute ( t ; [ " He " ; " [ HE ] " ] ; [ " he " ; " [ HE ] " ] ; [ " She " ; " [ SHE ] " ] ; [ " she " ; " [ SHE ] " ] ; [ " Him " ; " [ HIM ] " ] ; [ " him " ; " [ HIM ] " ] ; [ " Her " ; " [ HER ] " ] ; [ " her " ; " [ HER ] " ] ; [ " His " ; " [ HIS ] " ] ; [ " his " ; " [ HIS ] " ] ; [ " Hers " ; " [ HERS ] " ] ; [ " hers " ; " [ HERS ] " ] ; [ " He." ; " [ HE ]." ] ; [ " he." ; " [ HE ]." ] ; [ " She." ; " [ SHE ]." ] ; [ " she." ; " [ SHE ]." ] ; [ " Him." ; " [ HIM ]." ] ; [ " him." ; " [ HIM ]." ] ; [ " Her." ; " [ HER ]." ] ; [ " her." ; " [ HER ]." ] ; [ " His." ; " [ HIS ]." ] ; [ " his." ; " [ HIS ]." ] ; [ " Hers." ; " [ HERS ]." ] ; [ " hers." ; " [ HERS ]." ] ; [ " He," ; " [ HE ]," ] ; [ " he," ; " [ HE ]," ] ; [ " She," ; " [ SHE ]," ] ; [ " she," ; " [ SHE ]," ] ; [ " Him," ; " [ HIM ]," ] ; [ " him," ; " [ HIM ]," ] ; [ " Her," ; " [ HER ]," ] ; [ " her," ; " [ HER ]," ] ; [ " His," ; " [ HIS ]," ] ; [ " his," ; " [ HIS ]," ] ; [ " Hers," ; " [ HERS ]," ] ; [ " hers," ; " [ HERS ]," ] ; [ " He;" ; " [ HE ];" ] ; [ " he;" ; " [ HE ];" ] ; [ " She;" ; " [ SHE ];" ] ; [ " she;" ; " [ SHE ];" ] ; [ " Him;" ; " [ HIM ];" ] ; [ " him;" ; " [ HIM ];" ] ; [ " Her;" ; " [ HER ];" ] ; [ " her;" ; " [ HER ];" ] ; [ " His;" ; " [ HIS ];" ] ; [ " his;" ; " [ HIS ];" ] ; [ " Hers;" ; " [ HERS ];" ] ; [ " hers;" ; " [ HERS ];" ] ; [ " He?" ; " [ HE ]?" ] ; [ " he?" ; " [ HE ]?" ] ; [ " She?" ; " [ SHE ]?" ] ; [ " she?" ; " [ SHE ]?" ] ; [ " Him?" ; " [ HIM ]?" ] ; [ " him?" ; " [ HIM ]?" ] ; [ " Her?" ; " [ HER ]?" ] ; [ " her?" ; " [ HER ]?" ] ; [ " His?" ; " [ HIS ]?" ] ; [ " his?" ; " [ HIS ]?" ] ; [ " Hers?" ; " [ HERS ]?" ] ; [ " hers?" ; " [ HERS ]?" ] ; [ " He!" ; " [ HE ]!" ] ; [ " he!" ; " [ HE ]!" ] ; [ " She!" ; " [ SHE ]!" ] ; [ " she!" ; " [ SHE ]!" ] ; [ " Him!" ; " [ HIM ]!" ] ; [ " him!" ; " [ HIM ]!" ] ; [ " Her!" ; " [ HER ]!" ] ; [ " her!" ; " [ HER ]!" ] ; [ " His!" ; " [ HIS ]!" ] ; [ " his!" ; " [ HIS ]!" ] ; [ " Hers!" ; " [ HERS ]!" ] ; [ " hers!" ; " [ HERS ]!" ] ; [ " He'" ; " [ HE ]'" ] ; [ " he'" ; " [ HE ]'" ] ; [ " She'" ; " [ SHE ]'" ] ; [ " she'" ; " [ SHE ]'" ] ; [ " Him'" ; " [ HIM ]'" ] ; [ " him'" ; " [ HIM ]'" ] ; [ " Her'" ; " [ HER ]'" ] ; [ " her'" ; " [ HER ]'" ] ; [ " His'" ; " [ HIS ]'" ] ; [ " his'" ; " [ HIS ]'" ] ; [ " Hers'" ; " [ HERS ]'" ] ; [ " hers'" ; " [ HERS ]'" ] ; [ "Himself" ; " [ HIMSELF ] " ] ; [ "Herself" ; " [ HERSELF ] " ] ; [ "himself" ; " [ HIMSELF ] " ] ; [ "herself" ; " [ HERSELF ] " ] ; [P;""] ) ) Click to copy

For taking a letter or other text and quickly converting it into a template for mailmerges, etc. Makes it easy to identify gender pronouns.
I'm sure there's a more elegant way to do this, but this seems to get the job done.

- updated 6/13/06 to include "himself" and "herself".

 

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