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Merriam-Webster Dictionary Admits ‘They’ As Nonbinary Singular Pronoun

WORDS Posted: September 18, 2019 6:03 am

“We will note that ‘they’ has been in consistent use as a singular pronoun since the late 1300s; that the development of singular ‘they’ mirrors the development of the singular ‘you’ from the plural ‘you'” noted M-W on its blog, “yet we don’t complain that singular ‘you’ is ungrammatical.” – The Guardian

WORDS Published: 09.17.19

Read the story in The Guardian Published: 09.17.19

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