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"now common" - the singular they was used by Chaucer, Shakespeare, Austen, Thackery and Shaw. Traditional grammar types might not like it but that doesn't mean
by cmdkeen 11y ago
"now common" - the singular they was used by Chaucer, Shakespeare, Austen, Thackery and Shaw. Traditional grammar types might not like it but that doesn't mean it is some new usage.
- ctdonath 11y agoI didn't insinuate it was "new usage". I've seen it go from rarely & uncomfortably used to, as I said, "now common".