anonsally:kyrieanne:code-name-duchess:mentalflossr:The Washington Post Style Guide Now Accep
anonsally: kyrieanne: code-name-duchess: mentalflossr: The Washington Post Style Guide Now Accepts Singular ‘They’ What do you do when you run into your friend on their birthday? You wish them a happy birthday, of course! Or wait—you wish … him or her a happy birthday? When you run into your friend on … his or her birthday? That’s how you’re supposed to say it if you want to avoid using they to refer to one person, but it’s a bit wordy and awkward. You could use just him or her alone, but what if you don’t want to be specific about the sex of the referent? You could make it plural—“what do you do when you run into friends on their birthdays”—but that sounds a bit strange, like there’s a whole group of friends having their birthdays at once. Anyone who writes for a living runs into this situation all the time, and must go through all kinds of contortions to avoid the easiest solution: singular they. Oh, thank fuck. FINALLY Yay!!! -- source link
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