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  1. 1. Which do you prefer?

    • The boxer stepped into the ring. It was an intense fight, and after several swings, he knocked down her opponent.
      11
    • The boxer stepped into the ring. It was an intense fight, and after several swings, she knocked down her opponent.
      14
    • The boxer stepped into the ring. It was an intense fight, and after several swings, he or she knocked down his or her opponent.
      10
    • The boxer stepped into the ring. It was an intense fight, and after several swings, they knocked down their opponent.
      27

  2. 2. Who is asking the question? The doctor turned to face the nurse. They discuss conversationally for a while, and then she asks him, "Will you tend to the patient?"

    • The Doctor
      40
    • The Nurse
      22

  3. 3. Which do you prefer?

    • Him and her went to the mall.
      49
    • Her and him went to the mall.
      13

  4. 4. Which do you prefer?

    • The professor stepped outside. He filled his cup with water.
      31
    • The professor stepped outside. She filled his cup with water.
      3
    • The professor stepped outside. She or he filled the cup with water.
      2
    • The professor stepped outside. He or she filled the cup with water.
      3
    • The professor stepped outside. They filled their cup with water.
      23

  5. 5. Can "they" substitute he or she if gender is unknown?

    • Yes
      48
    • No
      14

  6. 6. Do you think that using "they" for a genderless pronoun is grammatically correct?

    • Yes
      40
    • No
      22

  7. 7. Do you use "they" if you do not know the gender?

    • Yes
      41
    • No
      21

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Birdwhisperer    1174

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I think the way the question is set up determines some stuff, especially for the 'him and her or her and him' one. First one I read I preferred, I think.

Yeah. Like with the professor one, I read the first sentence first so the professor was established as a man right away. Obviously it could be anything but the first one you read seems to influence your first impression of the person in the sentence.

 

I tend to use they if I don't know genders or I'm speaking hypothetically, because it's simple and gets the point across. A lot of people don't consider it grammatically correct, though, so if I'm writing professionally or for school I'll use 'he or she', but sparingly. The rest of the time I just pick a pronoun.

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Space    2335

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If I know the persons name but dunno their gender or what they want me to refer to them as, I just say their name.

 

"X was so funny last night. X pugsied so hard." or "they pugsied so hard."

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