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Old 07-09-2022, 14:52   #255
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Re: Pronouns

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY View Post
Yes, but it grates because it is ungrammatical.

However, that’s what I do to keep the peace.
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/
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