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Originally Posted by QuantumIguana
Yes, language changes. One of those changes is a singular use of the word "they". It's not a new usage, it goes back centuries. I've never heard anyone claim a proscriptive rule saying you couldn't use "he" as a generic pronoun. I have heard people shouting from the mountaintops that there was a proscriptive rule against the singular they. The generic "he" is well on its way to becoming dated or archaic. It's not wrong to use archaic words, it is just not what readers expect.
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I'm honestly not trying to be argumentative, but I'm very surprised by this assertion that the use of "they" singularly goes back centuries. Do you have any examples to substantiate that?