[quote=@whizzball1] Chaucer uses it much earlier than that, quoted by Jespersen in Merriam-Webster's Concise Dictionary of English Usage. was hoping you wouldn't notice that =P I realised that just as I posted the edit, but I just shrugged and went on with my school. But if it helps, the Chicago Manual of Style also endorses the usage. [/quote] But the difference is the fact that I'm arguing that using "he" as a singular is older. You'll have to fight the English language age to justify that one. No pulling fast fallacies on me. They won't work.