@Rose: Sure, it may be clear, in some circumstances, but not in all, and there's still the matter of the corresponding verb form. He/she is always clear.
A slash would essentially be a glorified space, while speaking, but if you hear someone say something like, "And then he she went to the market, " it's pretty clear that it means, "And then he/she went to the market, " since there is no other context in which you would put he and she next to each other without anything in between them. They, on the other hand, is used in a lot of other contexts, and saying, "And then they went to the market, " can mean that either multiple people went to the market, or someone who's gender the speaker doesn't know went to the market. As you can see, he/she is very clear, while they is way to ambiguous.
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He has this really unique combination of whiny bitch and total psycho that makes him really easy to hate.
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