As more English speakers adopt the singular they and reject the gender binary, registers will have to accept that language changes over time.
By John McWhorter
It is certainly the most challenging change in language I have dealt with in my lifetime. Ever more people, rejecting the gender binary, are requesting to be referred to as they rather than he or she. That is, we now way: Ariella isn't wearing the green one. They think it's time to wear their other one. I expect to get some new practice using they this way as school starts back up, with more students at universities such as the one where I teach requesting they. READ MORE.
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