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> They were one of those people… I’m confused. Was it 1 person or a group of people?

• notfish 2y ago
  They can be used as a single person genderless pronoun.
  • radiojosh 2y ago
    That seemed rhetorical. I'm hoping it was intended ironically.
    • beretguy 2y ago
      OP said: > The best dev I’ve ever worked with So they knew the person in real life. Why use “they” when they could use correct pronoun? I’m not native English speaker and it confuses me when people do that.