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moz wrote in message ...
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> So suggest a better non-gender-specific English pronoun. I have used
> s/he/it but people objected. "It" at least is relatively neutral, and
> short.
I'm moving this off-topic. So make sure you take the rest of the headers
out if you reply.
Proper English uses a masculine pronoun when there is an unknown person
involved, or requires the longer "he or she." If the unknown person
involved must be a female, then the use of the female pronoun is correct.
The politically correct, touchy-feely, kindler, gentler, "English for
Dummies" that is evolving would allow the gender-neutral plural "they" as an
acceptable substitute for a singular pronoun of unknown gender.
Jesse
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