3 ms·
> Historically in English, the masculine form was the default gender-neutral term. Actually, singular "they" predates generic "he" by several centuries. Generi
by Stratoscope 8y ago
> Historically in English, the masculine form was the default gender-neutral term.
Actually, singular "they" predates generic "he" by several centuries. Generic "he" was an 18th-19th century invention.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they