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For questions about using "they", "their", "them", etc. as singular pronouns.
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Why do people use they/them pronoun for a single person?
"Singular they" does have a long history in English, and cannot be considered wrong. It has been more favored in recent decades to avoid "default he", that is, the use of male pronouns for a person of …
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Is the following sentence correct: "Confirm that someone is who they say they are"
This is an example of "singular they". Here it is being used, apparently, to avoid the need to use a gendered pronoun to refer ro a person of unknown or unspecified gender.
This is now a common usage. …
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