• Sawzall
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    Not I were talking about one person

    • TheFinn
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      Do you not read much or something? I’ve been using both singular and plural “they” my whole life.

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      I’m well aware, it’s still a perfectly normal English sentence. “They” has been used as a singular for decades, and the recent acceptance of it in formal writing has no bearing on if it is a proper English sentence.

      It would have been a proper sentence even 30 years ago.

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        Centuries, not decades. It predates Shakespeare.

        • KairuByteM
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          I didn’t know the proper scope so erred on the side of caution. 😜