You might be interested in reading this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_in_English#Modern_English http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_in_English#Modern_Eng

You might be interested in reading this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_in_English#Modern_English http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_in_English#Modern_Englis.... As third person singular personal pronouns, he and he/she are both acceptable in the dual gender case. If we're going to be strictly PC we should say gender-neutral, but A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language was written in 1985, so I hope you let it pass. :)