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From: mfs@mhuxr.UUCP (SIMON)
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Subject: Re: Re: Gender-specific neuter pronouns
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Date: Fri, 1-Feb-85 14:14:43 EST
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> But apparently contracts written in archaic French  refer to "personnes",
> which is of course feminine in French. And then to keep the gender straight,
> so to speak, the contract refers to these persons as "elles" [they, female]
> later on. How would modern French handle this?
> 			--John Purbrick

The same way, i.e. "personnes", "elles".
Marcel