Talk:Fox Alistair/@comment-122.107.3.113-20150623060015/@comment-82.46.35.19-20150704194223

You can use "it", it's just a bit of a faux pas.

Shadow's right though - "they" was historically acceptable. Yes it's essentially saying "it was fine then so it must be fine now" (which is kind of the rule in language) but I see no reason why it can't be used.