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[Punatang]

Here Julie.  Here is some attention and hopefully a tiny bit of enlightenment into the English language when one is speaking about someone of unknown gender. There is no conspiracy Julie. Nothing to troll here.

Using “they” for someone whose gender you do not know is widely accepted and considered correct in modern English.


Many major style guides now recommend singular “they” to avoid assuming gender, especially online or in situations where it’s unknown or irrelevant. For example, “Someone left a comment on my post; they made a good point” is standard usage.




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they

https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-g...age/gender