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I know that "they" is sometimes used in sentences to refer to some people in general to avoid the passive voice
They say he looks like his uncle
They speak English in Scotland
Those two "theys" are related to different people: while the first sentence refers to some unknown people, the second one refers to the curtain group of people.
Could you please explain in what situations "they" is okay to use? Sorry if I've written to the wrong forum, I couldn't have found more suitable one
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Derevenshina Could you please explain in what situations "they" is okay to use? Another one is when a gender of someone being discussed is not known or need not be mentioned. In that case some people will say or write he/she which is wordy when you consider that the word they is enough.
- Derevenshina Could you please explain in what situations "they" is okay to use?
- Another one is when a gender of someone being discussed is not known or need not be mentioned.
- In that case some people will say or write he/she which is wordy when you consider that the word they is enough.
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DerevenshinaCould you please explain in what situations "they" is okay to use?
Another one is when a gender of someone being discussed is not known or need not be mentioned. In that case some people will say or write he/she which is wordy when you consider that the word they is enough.
0'they' refers to more than one person or thing. It doesn't matter if those people or things are known or not. You use 'they' the same way in either case.
Even in the cases where 'they' refers only to one person, the agreement is with a plural verb.
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