Thread: Is it time English adopt a genderless pronoun?
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Old 07-29-2012, 10:09 AM   #82
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I can't vote in the poll. IMO English already has a singular gender-neutral pronoun: they.

Just as you is both singular and plural, so is they. "Ban shook their head" is correct.
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