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6. Referring to a person whose gender may be known or not, but is completely irrelevant in a given context (most) and including it in the sentence would only in
by yakubin 3y ago
6. Referring to a person whose gender may be known or not, but is completely irrelevant in a given context (most) and including it in the sentence would only introduce unnecessary noise, leaving the recipient puzzled over what relevance this piece of information has instead of focusing on the core message.
- ghaff 3y agoOr, historically, you defaulted to whatever the stereotypical gender role was with a preference for saying he in general (unless you were talking about a secretary or nurse).