Way back in the late '80's when I was in college students were
encouraged to use "they" and "them" instead of "he or she" or "him or
her" in composition. The idea was that we wouldn't be putting a male
ahead of a female in a sentence. I'm with you. "He or she" means ONE
or the other and not both which would be plural but we must be
politically correct and avoid micro aggressions.
ch...@wbmfg.com wrote:
— who identifies as non-binary transgender and prefers the pronouns
“they” and “them”—
How do you use this in speech? They and them are plural in my mind.
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