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he or she

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he or she (third person, singular, plural they)

(sometimes proscribed) He or she; used as a gender-neutral reference to the third person singular.

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A human being must have occupation, of he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world. Dorothy L. Sayers

A writer's work often reflects what he or she has been exposed to in life; experiences which are the groundwork of a poem or a story. Eyvind Johnson

Theory is taught so as to make the student believe that he or she can become a Marxist, a feminist, an Afrocentrist, or a deconstructionist with about the same effort and commitment required in choosing items from a menu. Edward Said

A theorist today is hardly considered respectable if he or she has not introduced at least one new particle for which there is no experimental evidence. Steven Weinberg

I think everybody longs to be loved and longs to know that he or she is lovable. And, consequently, the greatest thing that we can do is to help somebody know that they're loved and capable of loving. Fred Rogers

Who cares well for cats will marry as happily as he or she could ever wish. French Proverb

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