Well, this is an interesting article. I think I’d prefer ‘xe’ to ‘they’ as a third-person gender-neutral singular pronoun, though. Whatcha guys think?
http://blog.dictionary.com/gender-neutral-singular-they/
Well, this is an interesting article. I think I’d prefer ‘xe’ to ‘they’ as a third-person gender-neutral singular pronoun, though. Whatcha guys think?
http://blog.dictionary.com/gender-neutral-singular-they/
The Crazy Perfectionist 
Hmm I dunno, I’ve always preferred they, mainly because I have a genderneutral friend who uses it.
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‘They’ is definitely simpler, but don’t you think at times it can be confusing to use it that way? I mean, say, something like, “They trusted her. Or so she’d thought.” Using they, it becomes “They trusted them. Or so they’d thought.” It loses meaning, doesn’t it?
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Partly, but if you know what it is in CONTEXT, then I think the meaning’s more clear.
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Hmm… true enough. I guess it’s a matter of personal opinion.
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Exactly 🙂
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My school does Safe Zone Training so I learned this when I was a freshman but completely forgot about. My gender neutral friend prefers “they” “them” “their” I’ve never met anyone that uses the singular term
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Yes, but then… how do you refer to them individually? Doesn’t it get confusing?
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Not really, at least I don’t think so. I think I just got used to it after a while and didn’t really think about it
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I get it 🙂
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Oooh I don’t know, I’ve never heard of that before. One of my friends is like both genders so she likes me to call her they.
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Yes, ‘they’ does seem to be the more popular choice right now…
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