'The use of the plural pronouns 'they', 'them', etc. with a grammatically singular antecedent dates back at least to 1300.' Satis!
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"Singular they" solves a lot of problems concisely. No wonder Shakespeare and Obama both use it.
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It's fine. Even in UK, where we care about these things. See how that wasn't a sentence and I didn't even care?
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No. Using a plural instead of gender specific singular is accepted practice.
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I still twitch a little, but I think that boat has sailed. It's too hard to say "her or his".
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colloquially correct
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Interesting, but I thought we could do away with the awkward "he or she" by now. I thought you would go after "like" at the end...
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My intuition completely accepts singular they. Took three reads to find the 'error'.
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The singular they?
@MerriamWebster approves;https://twitter.com/MerriamWebster/status/749248017954377728 …
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I wasn't aware of the controversy. What is the alternative? "he or she", etc?
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We don't use Red or Yellow anymore. Why use Black and White?
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No such accusation from this Brit. Great usage
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lost in translation from Arabic to English.
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If we could eliminate the dehumanisation, "it" would be a useful gender neutral pronoun. If not, we might need a new word. Herm?
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Grammar is like manners: taught so one/they can tell how you have been trained, with a smattering of consideration.
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I thought this one had been put to bed ages ago. :)
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BLM leaders keep stirring up trouble and now you cut loose the gammarians ?
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If 'they' is singular, then why does it precede a plural verb form?
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All clouds could possibly look like clouds of suspicion.
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