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pandler | 5 years ago

Giving OP the benefit of the doubt here, it seems like a straw man example off the top of their head, just to throw some ideas out there.

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mpfundstein|5 years ago

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rococode|5 years ago

"Their" is defined as a "his or her" singular pronoun in most modern dictionaries, perhaps in part "to be PC" but probably much more because "his or her" is an incredibly clunky phrase to say.

Consider:

They asked their teacher if their homework was due on Friday.

vs.

He or she asked his or her teacher if his or her homework was due on Friday.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/their

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/their

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They#Singular

mcphage|5 years ago

You missed that battle by a few hundred years, sorry.