Singular ‘They’ Is Word Of The Year
To be grammatically correct, you’d say “he or she”, but “they” has become a catch-all.
In a landslide vote, the language experts chose singular they over “thanks, Obama,” ammosexual, “on fleek,” and other contenders for this annual award given to the most significant term or word in the past year.
Singular they, which The Post officially adopted in its Style guide in 2015, is already a common habit in American speech. An example: “Everyone wants their cat to succeed.”
Earlier, the so-called proper way to say it would have been, “Everyone wants his or her cat to succeed.”
But what gave this word new prominence was its usefulness as a way to refer to people who don’t want to be called “he” or “she.”
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maggie January 9th, 2016 at 16:34
a logical choice….;)
Mensa Member January 9th, 2016 at 19:33
Good. I get so tired of the “his/her” and “her or his” .
But, I’m probably not going to use it at work, any time soon.
mistlesuede January 10th, 2016 at 12:30
I always wonder who “they” are when that term is used for everything imaginable.
They said that blah, blah, blah, they tell us blah, blah, blah. WHO are they?
I think ammosexual would have been a better and timely choice. :)
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