sentences:  Thus, for both generic and non-generic antecedents, the natural gender of the antecedent, whether known or unknown, is irrelevant, as the deciding factor for the choice of a referring pronoun is the grammatical gender of the antecedent.Some French speakers advocate the use of created gender-free pronouns, such as "illes" or "els" for "ils et elles" ("they (masculine) and they (feminine)") and "celleux" or "ceulles" for "celles et ceux" ("those (feminine) and those (masculine)").In spoken Mandarin Chinese, and in the pinyin form of writing Mandarin in the Latin alphabet, there is no distinction between "he" and "she" ("tā" in each case), nor is there a distinction between "they (masculine)" and "they (feminine)" ("tāmen" in each case).