refer to persons who are only probably male or to occupations traditionally thought of as male: "It wouldn't be as if the lone astronaut would be completely by himself." (2008) "Kitchen table issues ... are ones the next president can actually do something about if he actually cares about it. More likely if she cares about it!" — Hillary Rodham Clinton (2008) In other situations, the antecedent may refer to an indeterminate person of either sex: "Now, a writer is entitled to have a Roget on his desk." — Barzun (1985); quoted in Merriam-Webster's Concise Dictionary of English Usage "A Member of Parliament should always live in his constituency." In 2010, Choy and Clark still recommend the use of generic he "in formal speech or writing": "... when indefinite pronouns are used as antecedents, they require singular subject, object, and possessive pronouns ..." "Everyone did as he pleased" In informal spoken English, plural pronouns are often used with indefinite pronoun antecedents. However, this construction is generally not considered appropriate in formal speech or writing. Informal: Somebody should let you borrow their book. Formal: Somebody should let you borrow his book." —Choy, Basic Grammar and Usage In 2015, Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage calls this "the now outmoded use of he to mean 'anyone, stating: In 2016, Garner's Modern English calls the generic use of masculine pronouns "the traditional view, now widely assailed as sexist". The rise of gender-neutral language The earliest known attempt to create gender-neutral pronouns dates back to 1792, when Scottish economist James Anderson advocated for an indeterminate pronoun "ou". In 1808, poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge suggested "it" and "which" as neutral pronouns for the word "Person": In the second half of the 20th century, people expressed more widespread concern at the use of male-oriented language. This included criticism of the use of man as a generic term to include men and women and of the use of he to refer to any human, regardless of sex (social gender). It was argued that he could not sensibly be used as a generic pronoun understood to include men and women. William Safire in his On Language column in The New York Times approved of the use of generic he, mentioning the mnemonic phrase "the male embraces the female". C. Badendyck from Brooklyn wrote to the New York Times in a reply: By 1980, the movement toward gender-neutral language