• Illecors@lemmy.cafe
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      3 days ago

      Not op, but I also prefer being more specific over less. Andrew Spinks is, in fact, a he - no need to abstract that.

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        3 days ago

        It’s ok to guess they if you don’t know a person’s preference. In fact, that’s the only acceptable guess in that scenario.

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        3 days ago

        Sure, but the subtext of “His. His wife.” in its succinctness is that it is a corrective statement, not a preferential one.