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he/she
[ hee-shee ]
- a combined form used as a singular nominative pronoun to denote someone either male or female:
Each student may begin when he/she is ready.
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Gender Note
Is he gender-neutral? See he 1.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of he/she1
First recorded in 1975–80
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Example Sentences
This is just one voter out of many, naturally, but he/she has enough to say for an army.
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Kanye West finally got Kim Kardashian the Vogue cover he/she/they have been waiting for.
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But assuming this person knew no details of the probe, what was he/she supposed to do?
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The first thing a writer needs to know is what kind of writer he/she is.
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Later, when he/she asked LAPD officers where they were the night of the shooting, he/she got no response.
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In this book I have used the pronoun "he" for humanity in general, rather than using he/she or similar conventions.
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