The Sage of Main Street
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He Has Always Been Used for "He or She," Which is Ungrammatical. He Is Not Strictly Masculine.I AM A WOMAN
ALWAYS HAVE BEEN
CAPISCH?!!!!!
So what? How is that relevant to the post you replied to? Being so obsessed and picky about gender is nothing more than nagging.
The basic and original meaning of he is "this person." The unnecessary word she, with its confused inflection (why isn't it "she, shis, shim"?) was forced into the language by prehistoric Penis-Envy Piranhas. Unlike Spanish, we get along perfectly well without using distinctions in gender in the plural. There is no separate feminine or even neuter they. Next, you'll be screeching about that omission, too.