Not to be picky

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There are some sites where I read gossipy type articles. My guilty pleasure. I dislike that whoever farms out or selects these articles definitely does not edit them. I am American and I speak American English, as do the writers, except many of them have not gotten the knack of gendered pronouns. In their culture there is not a distinction between he and she, or him and her. An article will be well enough translated and the juicy gossip/petty revenge will be fun and entertaining until they start switching and sometimes the focus is him, sometimes her, but always the same person. So a typical sentence might read "I was going to the store, and ready to park when this little sports car drove right around me. He was speeding, and laughing, and then she got out, gestured at me and went happily inside. I blocked him in and she was incredibly mad. She keyed my car. I hope the police can find him." My old mind has a hard time with this. Surely the websites that pay freelancers to write this gossipy stuff could at least set up some editing parameters.