to assume the antecedent is masculine. Various alternatives have been proposed, including the ubiquitous but controversial singular they.

French

In French both the singular and plural pronouns in the third person are marked for grammatical gender, and the antecedent always has grammatical gender. The masculine form of "they", ils, is always used when referring to a plural and grammatically masculine antecedent, while for plural antecedents that

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