Timeline for Should I use "his" or "their" in this sentence?
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| Feb 7, 2016 at 2:05 | comment | added | shawnt00 | washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/01/08/… | |
| Feb 6, 2016 at 19:55 | comment | added | mrnld | @stangdon Thanks for the explanation. I read somewhere that it is largely criticised, so I didn't mention it. | |
| Feb 6, 2016 at 19:42 | comment | added | stangdon | I am not the downvoter, but I think it might have been because you completely dismiss the use of "singular they". Given that singular they has been used for hundreds of years and has gotten official approval (well, as close to "official" as there is in English, anyway), that might make the answer not entirely correct. | |
| Feb 6, 2016 at 16:57 | vote | accept | Cesare | ||
| Feb 6, 2016 at 16:45 | history | edited | mrnld | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 6, 2016 at 16:31 | comment | added | mrnld | Can someone explain the reason of the negative vote to my answer? | |
| Feb 6, 2016 at 16:31 | comment | added | mrnld | @Cesare The use of his/her is more common in this case in a colloquial context. As GoDucks pointed out, they referred to a singular noun is not completely wrong, but it's highly criticised. | |
| Feb 6, 2016 at 15:24 | comment | added | Cesare | Thanks. I thought we could use "their" when we don't know the sex of a person. Am I wrong? | |
| Feb 6, 2016 at 15:14 | history | answered | mrnld | CC BY-SA 3.0 |