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Re:Learning Haskell – A Racket programmer's foray into the l... by okasaki on Thursday March 12, 2015 @04:35AM (#9189631)
Gender neutral pronouns can only refer to abstract persons

> "The student will have to read this book carefully if he wishes to do well." - OK

> "A student is expected to attend 90% of the lectures, or he will be in trouble." - WRONG, if your audience has women

> "Julia thought she did well on the exam and he was right." - WRONG

> "Julia thought she did well on the exam and they were right." - WRONG

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