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Я очень часто встречаю конструкцию типа "justice requires that he be allowed to present his defense"

be вместо is. очевидно could/should/would пропустили. Почему?[/quote:27nlrffy]

Потому что,...

Можно так и так:

Russian language requires that each object has a gender (лучше по-моему)
Russian language requires that each object should have a gender (можно)

Well, if you chat in Russian without using the past tense or describing yourself, you could get the same effect. But I see what you mean, I guess it does create a different cultural behavior pattern...

Yeah, and for some reason people think that Vinnie can be a female name too... But I don't see the importance of knowing my gender... if one is confused and needs to know, a simple question will...

Why do you need to know the person's gender? If you need to say "him/her", just explain that you don't know the person's gender or make a guess. If they feel a need to correct you, then they will....