The growing acceptance of "they"

More big news from the American Copy Editors Society annual conference. Ben Zimmer writes that purists may be giving ground on the use of "they" as a substitute for "he or she" and other kludges: "English sorely lacks a gender-neutral singular third-person pronoun, and 'they' has for centuries been pressed into service for that purpose, much to the grammarians’ chagrin. Now, it seems, those who have held the line against singular 'they' may be easing their stance."

April 24, 2015

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