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minus-squareRachelhazideas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up40arrow-down5·3 months ago‘Their’ is gender neutral. First day speaking English?
minus-squareIllecors@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down17·3 months agoNot op, but I also prefer being more specific over less. Andrew Spinks is, in fact, a he - no need to abstract that.
minus-squaremorphballganon@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down5·3 months agoIt’s ok to guess they if you don’t know a person’s preference. In fact, that’s the only acceptable guess in that scenario.
minus-squareRachelhazideas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down6·3 months agoSure, but the subtext of “His. His wife.” in its succinctness is that it is a corrective statement, not a preferential one.
‘Their’ is gender neutral. First day speaking English?
Not op, but I also prefer being more specific over less. Andrew Spinks is, in fact, a he - no need to abstract that.
It’s ok to guess they if you don’t know a person’s preference. In fact, that’s the only acceptable guess in that scenario.
Sure, but the subtext of “His. His wife.” in its succinctness is that it is a corrective statement, not a preferential one.