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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Is it incorrect to use they instead of she and he in a sentence?
For example,
"You should not become familiar with a candidate by looking through their Facebook or Twitter because these outlets might not reflect who they are as a worker"
"You should not become familiar with a candidate by looking through their Facebook or Twitter because these outlets might not reflect who they are as a worker"
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Technically, yes, it's incorrect. I try to avoid the "one's/his-her" problem by starting out with the plural: You should not become familiar with candidate s by looking through their Face.......
- Technically, yes, it's incorrect.
- I try to avoid the "one's/his-her" problem by starting out with the plural: You should not become familiar with candidate s by looking through their Face.......
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Technically, yes, it's incorrect. I try to avoid the "one's/his-her" problem by starting out with the plural: You should not become familiar with candidates by looking through their Face.......
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If Shakespeare and Chaucer used "they" as a singular pronoun, that's good enough for me: http://www.economist.com/blogs/johnson/2013/01/grammar
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