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My boomer parents will die on the hill that it sounds "wrong" to use "they" to refer to a singular entity. And whenever they bring that up, I always remind them that the word "they" has been used in that way for AGES.
Example: "Whose umbrella is this? Did they already leave?"
It doesn't seem to make a difference.
"He or she" sounds and looks so cumbersome. "They" is the superior pronoun on style/conciseness alone.
Yup, either singular or plural. It's clear from context because you always refer to them in a previous clause. The user did this, they.... The class did this, they...
The user must do this before first use, if he or she fails to... Ugh
The user must do this before first use, if they fail to...😘👌
They has been used like this for a long, long time.
And what are all the other definitions? Words can have more than one, like "they" does.