Use of "they"/"their"
Is using "they"/"their" the best solution in English when there's no way to specify the sex of the subject? example:
Then my mother served dessert. She is a really good cook, so she got plenty of compliments. But there was always one guest who didn't say much—the one who had chosen the card. They examined their dessert with a slight frown until...
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That is fine in that type of writing. By the way, I expected "They would examine their dessert …", but I can't be sure from this brief ******.
- That is fine in that type of writing.
- By the way, I expected "They would examine their dessert …", but I can't be sure from this brief ******.
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That is fine in that type of writing. By the way, I expected "They would examine their dessert …", but I can't be sure from this brief ******.
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