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Topic	What's the point of being a dick about personal pronouns?
Comfy_Pillow 01/12/20 6:03:49 PM #54:	Conflict posted... Also "they" has very common usage to refer to a singular person, especially if the subject's gender is unknown. It's kinda telling that so many people on CE are supposedly grown men in their 30s and have never heard of this before Unknown gender is really the only valid time to use it in the singular. Otherwise the majority would use he/she <cite>Comfy_Pillow posted [p:932834346] in What's... [t:78325437]...</cite> <quote>Conflict posted... </cite> <quote>Also "they" has very common usage to refer to a singular person, especially if the subject's gender is unknown. It's kinda telling that so many people on CE are supposedly grown men in their 30s and have never heard of this before</quote> Unknown gender is really the only valid time to use it in the singular. Otherwise the majority would use he/she </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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