Orchid XP v7 wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> 
>>   IMO "he" is a perfectly valid gender-neutral third-person pronoun.
>> IMO anyone who constructs those artificial "he/she" or whatever
>> monstrosities is just being ridiculously over-PC.
> 
> Even the QA department at my work agrees on this - and they don't agree 
> on *anything*!
> 

I thought the convention in formal writing was to choose one and use it. 
i.e. if you're using he to refer to one particular unspecified person, 
use it consistently, if using she for that unspecified person, use that.

Of course, it's been a long time since composition class ...

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