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2. Singular they - Wikipedia

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   A study of whether "singular they" is more "difficult" to understand than gendered pronouns found that "singular they is a cognitively efficient substitute for generic he or she, particularly when the antecedent is nonreferential" (e.g. anybody, a nurse, or a truck driver) rather than referring to a specific person (e.g. a runner I knew or my ...

3. Singular they - Wikipedia

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   Singular they is a use of they as an epicene (gender-neutral) pronoun for a singular referent. [7] [8] In this usage, they follows plural agreement rules (they are, not *they is), but the semantic reference is singular. Unlike plural they, singular they is only used for people. For this reason, it could be considered to have personal gender.

4. File:Singular they -Syntax tree (3a).jpg - Wikipedia

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   It is recommended to name the SVG file “Singular they -Syntax tree (3a).svg”—then the template Vector version available (or Vva) does not need the new image name parameter. This syntax tree image was uploaded in the JPEG format even though it consists of non-photographic data .

5. Talk:Singular they/Archive 8 - Wikipedia

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   52 comments Toggle Singular and plural word senses of "they" versus singular and plural cases of "they" subsection. 1.1 Bjorkman paper. 2 Garner's Modern English Usage.

6. She (pronoun) - Wikipedia

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   Old English had a single third-person pronoun – from the Proto-Germanic demonstrative base *khi-, from PIE * ko-' this ' [3] – which had a plural and three genders in the singular. In early Middle English, one case was lost, and distinct pronouns started to develop. The modern pronoun it developed out of the neuter, singular in the 12th ...

7. Template:User singular they:Yes - Wikipedia

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8. Template:User singular they:No - Wikipedia

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   This user considers the singular they to be substandard English usage. Template documentation [ view ] [ edit ] [ history ] [ purge ] This userbox template is one of a set of templates that can be used by an editor to express their opinion and personal preference about the use of singular they , a gender-neutral pronoun in use since the 14th ...

9. Gender neutrality in languages with gendered third-person ...

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   A third-person pronoun is a pronoun that refers to an entity other than the speaker or listener. [1] Some languages, such as Slavic, with gender-specific pronouns have them as part of a grammatical gender system, a system of agreement where most or all nouns have a value for this grammatical category.