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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Yes, I’m aware of that Chris, but does it not depend on the context in which it is used? In the 1375 example, it sounds right, but if you say, for example:
‘Dolores put on her shoes and then they walked away’,
it sounds decidedly odd, as if the shoes were walking away (which I suppose they were, really!  |
Because of her name, you can make a sensible assumption that Delores is a she, which you have done by referring to her as "her".
Therefore by ascertaining she is a she, the correct singular pronoun is "she" not " they", so you are just grammatically incorrect with that example.
A correct use of they as a singular pronoun would be. "there was a person at the door, I didn't see who it was and a few moments later they left"