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Whiterabbit-- t1_iylf9xo wrote

Reply to comment by redrightreturning in Vaccine prompts HIV antibodies in 97 per cent of people in small study by tonymmorley

fwiw depending on how you learned English, "he" could very well be the non-gendered singular pronoun. "he" is the male or generic pronoun. "she" is the feminine pronoun. what I'm saying is that person may not be trying to insult you. but regardless, I want to thank you for your participation in the vaccine.

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nicktheone t1_iylm68j wrote

Moreover, in many languages masculine pronouns are the neutral/undefined gender by rule so it's also possible they are not an English native speaker and used their own grammar rules.

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