Matthew Johnson <[email protected]> writes: > How about accepting that "he" is the gender-neutral pronoun in > English?
Because that's not true; “he” is a male-gender pronoun. The pronoun “he” is sometimes awkwardly and explicitly defined for gender-neutral use in specific cases, but it's never the case that “he” is by default understood to be gender-neutral. The English gender-neutral singular pronoun for people, if such a pronoun exists in English, is “they”. If someone disagrees, they are welcome to fight the tide and historical usage, but I think they are fooling themselves. -- \ “Reichel's Law: A body on vacation tends to remain on vacation | `\ unless acted upon by an outside force.” —Carol Reichel | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
