&gt; <i>If anyone has a serious citation for &quot;he&quot; was imposed by &quot;meddling grammarians&quot;</i><p>There are lots of citations about this on the web and even a whole bunch in past HN threads. This is one of the more fascinating articles:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2009&#x2F;07&#x2F;26&#x2F;magazine&#x2F;26FOB-onlanguage-t.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2009&#x2F;07&#x2F;26&#x2F;magazine&#x2F;26FOB-onlanguage-...</a>