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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Yes, but it grates because it is ungrammatical.
However, that’s what I do to keep the peace.
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It is not ungrammatical. On the contrary it is correct English grammar and has been since time immemorial. It is not an invention of radical gender campaigners.
I refer you to Oxford, which has traced the earliest known use of “they” as a singular pronoun where sex is unknown to the year 1375.
https://public.oed.com/blog/a-brief-...singular-they/