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William Strunk Jr. & E. B. White, the original authors of The Elements of Style, found use of they with a singular antecedent unacceptable and advised use of the singular pronoun (he). In the 3rd edition (1979), the recommendation was still: [127] They. Not to be used when the antecedent is a distributive expression, such as each, each one.
The Spivak pronouns are a set of gender-neutral pronouns in English promoted on the virtual community LambdaMOO based on pronouns used in a book by American mathematician Michael Spivak. Though not in widespread use, they have been employed in writing for gender-neutral language by those who wish to avoid the standard terms he, she, or singular ...
use of he or she, he/she, s/he, etc. alternation or random mixture of she and he; use of singular they (common especially in informal language) use of it (normally only considered when the referent is a young child) use of generic he (traditional, but not recommended by modern grammars)
The pronoun they can also be used to refer to an unspecified group of people, as in "In Japan they drive on the left", or "They're putting in a new restaurant across the street." It often refers to the authorities, or to some perceived powerful group, sometimes sinister: "They don't want the public to know the whole truth."
Heather Rae El Moussa is taking a moment to look back at the highs and lows of 2024.. The Selling Sunset alum, 37, reflected on a negative habit she plans on leaving behind as she enters 2025 with ...
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Instead, she's embracing the aging process. “There are so many women who are feeling free to get old in a different way,” Bellucci said in a new interview in the Sunday Times Style magazine .
they are (third-person plural, and third-person singular) Other verbs in English take the suffix -s to mark the present tense third person singular, excluding singular 'they'. In many languages, such as French , the verb in any given tense takes a different suffix for any of the various combinations of person and number of the subject.