On Mar 31, 2013, at 3:14 PM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: > On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 2:46 PM, J. Landman Gay > <jac...@hyperactivesw.com>wrote: > >> I just use "their" and ignore the plurality. It isn't grammatically >> correct, but it's pretty common and includes everybody. >> > > In English, unlike the word "her," the word "his" does not imply gender on > its own when used for a unknown person. As the same word is used for known > male and unknown gender, there just isn't a word that informs you (without > relying on other context) that the unspecified person is male. > But using "his" is not politically correct.
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