Singular they

[jackhorkheimer]

Chances are, if you've ever taken an english class, your teacher would've told you that saying "they" to describe a person of indeterminate gender makes you a grammar neanderthal, though it feels so right. "He or she" is the proper thing to say. Singular "they" means you get the red marker.

In defense of the singular they.

Comments

[skepticultist]

I'm taking a combined English/Women's Studies class, and the English professor there said "they" is perfectly acceptable.