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Their seems a much more obvious choice that does not imply an assumed gender.
"Their" is the clumsy workaround used by people who don't buy into the Interpretation Act 1850 and its successor legislation, but who are happy to use plural pronouns to describe singular individuals.
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"There" is the clumsy workaround
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[dogmatic rule-following]
it's successor legislation
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Shrug. I find generic use of he/his incredibly clumsy and jarring, and singular they/their not at all. I don't really see the relevance for colloquial language to "buy into" rules about legal language, and besides in this instance I was of course pointing out that "his" is incorrect for me as an individual. If not meant generically, I think it's good to remind people of their own assumptions. If meant generically (I mean - pedantry aside do you actually do that in a normal conversation?) I'm still in favour of shifting away from its use.
salad
chez_jay
hoefla
I need a word other than "incorrect" then. Their seems a much more obvious choice that does not imply an assumed gender.