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Why are you guys saying they if the author is clearly a guy?

• deleted 1y ago
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• jakeydus 1y ago
  The singular they has been common in English for almost four hundred years. If gender is unknown or irrelevant to the sentence, then they is completely grammatically correct. If you're trying to make a political statement, then I think that pointing out the use of they is more of a statement than the use of it is.
  • efilife 1y ago
    this is not a political statement, the author's gender is just known so there's no reason to use they
    • jakeydus 1y ago
      > If gender is unknown or irrelevant to the sentence, then they is completely grammatically correct. Emphasis on the relevancy.