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> elderly gentleman > their outhouse collapse, trapping them in it. You lost me. Were there multiple people trapped in the seat?

• ASalazarMX 2y ago
  I don't blame you for the downvotes. The gentleman's gender was clear, there was no logical need to neutralize the following sentence. Even more confusing if you're learning English, its language rules are hard enough without additional ideology rules.
  • finnethen 2y ago
    It was perfectly ordinary English, the ideology exists only through your own lens.
    • beretguy 2y ago
      > It was perfectly ordinary English Except that it was not
      • MiguelX413 2y ago
        https://oed.com/discover/a-brief-history-of-singular-they https://oed.com/discover/a-brief-history-of-singular-they Singular they has existed for hundreds of years, it has nothing to do with ideology.