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Except the interviewee is not plural. We lack a singular gender-neutral pronoun in English that it is acceptable to apply to people, and appropriating "they" d
by Periodic 17y ago
Except the interviewee is not plural. We lack a singular gender-neutral pronoun in English that it is acceptable to apply to people, and appropriating "they" doesn't seem like the right fix.
Personally, I vote we either appropriate "he" to be gender neutral or realize that stereotypes influence language more than language influences stereotypes.
- mblakele 17y agoSingular "they" isn't an appropriation - it's a reversion to pre-1850 usage. See http://www.crossmyt.com/hc/linghebr/sgtheirl.html http://www.crossmyt.com/hc/linghebr/sgtheirl.html for details.