hey y'all i have a request for you. instead of using he/she when not knowing the gender of the person you're referring to, can we use they? like in the student handbook at school it says, "if he/she did_____" instead of that can we say "if they did_______"

Mar 5, 2020 路 8:11 PM UTC

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Grammar rules say he/she is correct more than using they is in most situations
Replying to @CiblesGD @CobaltYoshi27
only time I don鈥檛 is when inflating the word count on my essays, otherwise i always use they
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THANK YOU finally someone who agrees
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I do this without even thinking about it lol
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yea, but people sometimes don't even use they in speech and simply say "he/she" and it sounds so improper. people just forget that the word they exist for some reason.
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yep, i've tried to do that too i may slip up here and there, but i've gotten so much better at it^^
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why not?