11 Jul
2003
11 Jul
'03
12:21 a.m.
On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 13:07, Ben Gertzfield wrote:
"He or she" (which is more correct) sounds awkward in many cases, and the singular pronoun "it" is not used to refer to people.
To be more correct, "he or she" should probably be used in the original English above, but the original sentence is completely understandable to this native English speaker.
You can translate it as a gender-neutral singular pronoun like "it" if your language uses that for people, or use the equivalent of "he or she".
Good advice Ben, thanks. -Barry