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It seems appropriate to use whenever their gender is irrelevant.
by anonymoushn 5y ago
It seems appropriate to use whenever their gender is irrelevant.
- killtimeatwork 5y agoIn this case, it creates extra confusion and extra mental overhead, because of double meaning of "they".
- amanaplanacanal 5y agoI understood what they meant perfectly well. Are you perhaps not a native English speaker?
- brokensegue 5y agoIt was very clear to me.
- leetcrew 5y agodo you also find the indeterminate number of "you" confusing?
- ShroudedNight 5y agoNot OP, but thy question evokes an odd pining for idiomatic use of the second person singular in general English.