He or She---Despite the charge of clumsiness, double-pronoun constructions have made a comeback: To be black in this country is simply too pervasive an experience for any writer to omit from her or his work, wrote Samuel R. Delany. Overuse of this solution can be awkward, however.
Pluralizing-A writer can often recast material in the plural. For instance, instead of As he advances in his program, the medical student has increasing opportunities for clinical work, try As they advance in their program, medical students have increasing opportunities for clinical work
Eliminating Pronouns--Avoid having to use pronouns at all; instead of a first grader can feed and dress himself, you could write, a first grader can eat find get dressed without assistance.
Further Alternatives--he she or s/he, using one instead of he, or using a new generic pronoun .
1. Man could be used to refer to female human being in the past.
2. In all men are created equal in Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson, the word men refer to both males and females whether they have vote right or not.
3. In 1879, Massachusetts Medical Society refused to admit more than ten female physicians because the societys by-laws describing membership used the pronoun he.
4. The first grammars of modern English were written in order to help boys from the upper class prepare for the study of Latin.
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