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Topic	Do you believe in the "they" gender pronoun
andri_g 05/05/20 7:53:05 PM #39:	pepper2012 posted... ... wouldnt they want to use it or something ? "It" reduces a person to an object. Would you want to be referred to and thought of in that way? . mech dragon posted... I certainly use they as singular in grammatical ways and these sources all say it's correct to do so. I've used it for years to refer to people according to their position, not gender, in strictly professional conversations. . mech dragon posted... For you academic nerds who don't care about APA: Also, I checked the MLA guidelines; it's legitimate (https://style.mla.org/using-singular-they/). --- '~' <cite>andri_g posted [p:938669112] in Do you bel... [t:78660868]...</cite> <quote>pepper2012 posted... </cite> <quote>... wouldnt they want to use it or something ?</quote>"It" reduces a person to an object. Would you want to be referred to and thought of in that way? . mech dragon posted... </cite> <quote>I certainly use they as singular in grammatical ways and these sources all say it's correct to do so.</quote>I've used it for years to refer to people according to their position, not gender, in strictly professional conversations. . mech dragon posted... </cite> <quote>For you academic nerds who don't care about APA:</quote>Also, I checked the MLA guidelines; it's legitimate (https://style.mla.org/using-singular-they/). --- '~'</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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