• Susaga@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    But it’s a specific he. It’s referring to a specific person.

    And why is a generic pronoun male?

    • stephen01king@lemmy.zip
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      5 months ago

      The answer to your second question is that ‘he’ was historically used as generic pronouns, though it’s not as acceptable nowadays.