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There's even an example of it in the Canterbury Tales (one of the most iconic early English texts). I can't remember the exact line now, but it got me quite ann
by jon_richards 7y ago
There's even an example of it in the Canterbury Tales (one of the most iconic early English texts). I can't remember the exact line now, but it got me quite annoyed when American writing teachers would mark my uses of "they" as incorrect and demand "he or she".
- edejong 7y ago"They" as generic third person singular goes back at least five centuries. I am (obviously) referring to address a known individual using "They" / "Their".