<p>Hey Guys, I was having some trouble with gender neutral singular pronouns for SAT grammar.</p>
<p>An example sentence is</p>
<pre><code>All states impose severe penalties on drivers who do not stop when he or she is involved in accidents.
</code></pre>
<p>In that sentence the he or she is part is incorrect. What should I replace it with?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance for any answer</p>
chemmy
July 11, 2013, 7:13pm
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<p>i haven’t started this so it can very well be completely off.
i think it is when they because is drivers is plural.</p>
<p>The only official gender neutral singular pronoun is “one,” and you’d only use that where you might casually use “you.” “One might think English would have adopted a gender neutral singular pronoun by now, but none is in common use.”</p>
<p>Chemmy’s explanation is correct.</p>
<p>alright I see, thanks a lot for the responses guys. But just to confirm, the correct sentence would be </p>
<p>All states impose severe penalties on drivers who do not stop when they are involved in accidents.</p>
<p>right?</p>
<p>Indeed, that sentence is correct. (Sorry to sound pretentious but I had to lengthen my message for it to be posted.)</p>
<p>haha its all good. Thanks guys!</p>