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Tkacka15 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar
One vs they
One of the cautious optimists in the study said they had voted to leave but felt there had been “inadequate information” in the 2016 referendum.
(The Guardian.)
Does the pronoun "they" grammatically agree with the subject One of the cautious optimists in the study in the sentence above?
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This is the "singular they" (use of "they" to refer to a single person, often when their *** is unknown or unspecified). Singular "they" is widespread but disliked by some.
- This is the "singular they" (use of "they" to refer to a single person, often when their *** is unknown or unspecified).
- Singular "they" is widespread but disliked by some.
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This is the "singular they" (use of "they" to refer to a single person, often when their *** is unknown or unspecified). Singular "they" is widespread but disliked by some.
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