It’s official. Merriam-Webster declared the personal pronoun “they&rdqu
It’s official. Merriam-Webster declared the personal pronoun “they” as 2019’s word of the year, based on a 313% increase in search on the company’s website this year. Many public figures – from celebrities like Sam Smith to U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal – helped spike search around the word this past year. Merriam-Webster recently added a new definition to its online dictionary to reflect use of “they” as relating to a person whose gender identity is nonbinary. In October, the American Psychological Association endorsed “they” as a singular third-person pronoun in its latest style guide for scholarly writing. “We believe writers should try to use a person’s self-identified pronoun whenever feasible,” said Jasper Simons, chief publishing officer for the APA. “The singular ‘they’ is a way for writers to avoid making assumptions about gender when it is not known.” Learn more here. -- source link
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