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Q&A When mentioning two people in a sentence, what's the proper way to use a pronoun to reference the first?

I despise "his or her." It's so bad, it should be unconstitutional. Randomly switching "his" and "her" from sentence to sentence is almost as bad. If you're making a general statement, and you t...

posted 11y ago by dmm‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:10:46Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar dmm‭ · 2019-12-08T03:10:46Z (almost 5 years ago)
I despise "his or her." It's so bad, it should be unconstitutional. Randomly switching "his" and "her" from sentence to sentence is almost as bad. If you're making a general statement, and you think exclusively using "his" is sexist, then use the plural.

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#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2013-11-12T19:06:17Z (almost 11 years ago)
Original score: 3