And finally: TH-EY -- [C][V1] TH-E-M -- [C][V2][M-Suffix] TH-EI-RS -- [C][V2][RS-Suffix] 7/x
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Yeah, I've never heard an indicative pronoun used in English to refer to a person without being derogatory. In a way, our indicative pronouns serve the purpose of a grammatical case indicating animacy.
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then comes the real fun: in order to use the singular they in a fashion that sounds right, you have to treat the subject as pseudo-plural, such that it takes the singular case on a noun antecedent and the plural case on a pronoun antecedent
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Could you give an example of this property? I as an "it" have a vested interest in this detail

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if you say "look at that", it's normal if talking about a rock and insulting (via objectification) if talking about a person; you'd need to say "look at him" or "look at her" or "look at that <noun>" to use the same structure without insult
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