he, he or she, he/she, him, him or her, him/her, his, his or her, his/her, his/hers, (s)he, s/he, their, them, they. The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993

Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993.

he, he or she, he/she, him, him or her, him/her, his, his or her, his/her, his/hers, (s)he, s/he, their, them, they


These represent various schemes for dealing with the problem of generic pronouns, a problem (in sentences such as Everybody hung up his [his/her, their] coat[s]) that antedates the current concern with the use of the masculine singular as generic. See also AGREEMENT OF INDEFINITE PRONOUNS AND OTHER SINGULAR NOMINALS WITH VERBS AND OTHER PRONOUNS; AGREEMENT OF SUBJECTS AND VERBS (3); EPICENE PRONOUNS; INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE; SEXIST LANGUAGE.	1