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I agree with Rhuby and the moll from Michigan that the awkwardness caused by a lack of non-specific pronouns is most apparent in writing. Well, when you're trying to be PC, that is. When I was lecturing I tried a number of approaches. The one I found worked the best for me was to spread it 50/50 between "his" and "her".
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