Definitions
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- pronoun nonstandard they (singular).
Gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronounshe andshe .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Or ask any one of the ubiquitous motorbike taxi drivers (called xe om in Vietnamese) to take you to his favorite pho spot.
The Dish: Pho 2008
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With their ATM card, the one that is devoid of any Visa or Mastercard logo on the front, you can go to ANY bank, and not be charged fees, and there exchange rates usually are equal to or better than the daily mid-market rate posted by xe. com.
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You can employ he or she, or s/he, or some stupid made-up gender-neutral pronoun of your own devising like xe.
Singular “they” and the many reasons why it’s correct « Motivated Grammar 2009
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But the aside in your summary about “stupid made-up” gender neutral terms like “xe”, brief as it is, seems to miss the point by dismissing them out of hand.
Singular “they” and the many reasons why it’s correct « Motivated Grammar 2009
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“You can employ [...] some stupid made-up gender-neutral pronoun of your own devising like xe.”
Singular “they” and the many reasons why it’s correct « Motivated Grammar 2009
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With their ATM card, the one that is devoid of any Visa or Mastercard logo on the front, you can go to ANY bank, and not be charged fees, and there exchange rates usually are equal to or better than the daily mid-market rate posted by xe. com.
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With their ATM card, the one that is devoid of any Visa or Mastercard logo on the front, you can go to ANY bank, and not be charged fees, and there exchange rates usually are equal to or better than the daily mid-market rate posted by xe. com.
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With their ATM card, the one that is devoid of any Visa or Mastercard logo on the front, you can go to ANY bank, and not be charged fees, and there exchange rates usually are equal to or better than the daily mid-market rate posted by xe. com.
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With their ATM card, the one that is devoid of any Visa or Mastercard logo on the front, you can go to ANY bank, and not be charged fees, and there exchange rates usually are equal to or better than the daily mid-market rate posted by xe. com.
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With their ATM card, the one that is devoid of any Visa or Mastercard logo on the front, you can go to ANY bank, and not be charged fees, and there exchange rates usually are equal to or better than the daily mid-market rate posted by xe. com.
john commented on the word xe
Gender-neutral pronoun.
October 11, 2007
oroboros commented on the word xe
Xe. Chemical element symbol for Xenon.
December 2, 2007