Prescriptive grammarians told us to use “he” as a generic pronoun. It is not and will never be a generic pronoun. Before the 1700s, everyone used “they.” So thanks a fucking lot, 18th century prescriptive grammarians, for your contribution to our sexist society.all the best lecture notes swear.
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thus using ‘they’ to refer to one person is acceptable! Or at least it’s going back to that, it seems. Language change...