The Student News Site of Ithaca College

THE ITHACAN

The Student News Site of Ithaca College

THE ITHACAN

The Student News Site of Ithaca College

THE ITHACAN

Commentary: They used as a singular pronoun is not new to English

Commentary: ‘They’ used as a singular pronoun is not new to English

By Michael Twomey September 23, 2014
The use of "they" as a third-person singular pronoun is grammatically incorrect, but it has been an English colloquialism for centuries.
Load More Stories
Donate to THE ITHACAN
$1275
$2000
Contributed
Our Goal