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		veidr on Sept 18, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Smart Things Jeff Bezos Has Said > "He" can be used with gender-neutral intent. I dislike using the plural "they" for this purpose. Then you and I are on opposite sides of the greatest grammatical battle of our time, my friend.[1] [1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-neutral_language_in_Engl... and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-specific_and_gender-neut...

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