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Newguest Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Person/they
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When a person goes to sleep they go through three stages of sleep ...
--- Is it correct to first use the word "person" and then "they"?
When a person goes to sleep they go through three stages of sleep ...
--- Is it correct to first use the word "person" and then "they"?
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Yes—it is now widely accepted. A hard core of purists insist on 'he or she' and its variations or go out of their way to rephrase the sentence to avoid the problem. In this case there is a simple solution: 'When people go to sleep they go through three stages'.
- Yes—it is now widely accepted.
- A hard core of purists insist on 'he or she' and its variations or go out of their way to rephrase the sentence to avoid the problem.
- In this case there is a simple solution: 'When people go to sleep they go through three stages'.
- Rover
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Yes—it is now widely accepted.
A hard core of purists insist on 'he or she' and its variations or go out of their way to rephrase the sentence to avoid the problem.
In this case there is a simple solution: 'When people go to sleep they go through three stages'.
Rover
A hard core of purists insist on 'he or she' and its variations or go out of their way to rephrase the sentence to avoid the problem.
In this case there is a simple solution: 'When people go to sleep they go through three stages'.
Rover
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"they" is sometimes used in this way to refer to either he or she (person, of course, can refer to either he or she)
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