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How it feels to write with the singular “they”
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How it feels to write with the singular “they”

ByJosh Bernoff January 15, 2016May 3, 2023

The American Dialect Society chose the singular “they” as its Word of the Year. Do you think using “they” to refer to one person is weird, informal, and wrong? Well, I’ve been doing it, so you can judge for yourself. If you want  details on the debate on why “they” makes sense, see my post…

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Each must make their own decision on the singular “they”
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Each must make their own decision on the singular “they”

ByJosh Bernoff June 29, 2015May 3, 2023

In English, there are things you can count on . . . like the fact that “they” is plural. Except it isn’t always. Let me see if I can convince you. As my coauthors and I were writing The Mobile Mind Shift, one of them came up with this central definition: A mobile moment is a point…

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