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Singular they is great when pronouns are unspecified, and also makes for a great specific pronoun :) But the issue at hand is precisely that Monica doesn't wan
by latk 7y ago
Singular they is great when pronouns are unspecified, and also makes for a great specific pronoun :)
But the issue at hand is precisely that Monica doesn't want to use singular they, even when someone has specified that pronoun – not out of bigotry, but because it supposedly makes for ambiguous, inelegant writing. Instead she prefers alternative constructions. I think this standpoint is more stupid than actually harmful; Stack Exchange of course disagrees.