They, Them, Their as Singular Pronouns

In this video, we look at they, them, and their.
Often considered as plural pronouns, learn how to use them as singular pronouns.
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[@evansmith3800]

Very nice and very beautiful ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Pooky514]

This is so confusing to me because singular "they" to me implies someone I do not know or am not supposed to know. While it's a logical gender neutral pronoun, it almost goes farther than that & gives no identity to a person whatsoever (beyond just gender) & suggests anonymity. It's quite confusing to have one pronoun to reference all singular people who are not known, all singular people who are known, all singular people who you do not want to be known, and the plural version on top of that...when it comes to a gender neutral pronoun for a singular person, it seems like there should almost be another one that is not "they" specifically for people to identify as & be identified by their peers as, because "they" sounds like a stranger without a name or face when used that way

[@DaybreakEnglish]

Now there are specific gender neutral pronouns (ze/zem/zeir, ey/e/em/eir, xe/xem/xeir) which have been introduced by different groups, and are a matter of personal preference. As yet there isn't one universal set of pronouns that can cover any situation or group identity. As the concept is a reasonably new one, I guess it will take some time to get used to!

[@truedox]

Should one get offended if you refer to someone as they/them and insist they should be addressed as he/she/him/her? Not until recently did it matter if you used gendered or non gendered form.

[@DaybreakEnglish]

It's not for me to say if someone 'should' be offended by anything! 🙂It depends on the individual, I suppose.

[@evansmith3800]

Where are you live now ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@valuecalc]

No. They're plural.

[@Allister_TheGhost]

just say you’re upset that you’re wrong and move on

[@voluntarism335]

Wrong, they are only plural. They can never be used as singular, to do so is to butcher the English language. "They can come to the party" how many people is this referring to? Clearly everyone would answer two or more. "Your friend can come to the party" this is clearly indicating a single individual.

[@key790]

When you see a purse lost on a park bench would you say "someone left their purse" or "someone left her purse"?

[@voluntarism335]

@@key790 I would use someone left his or her purse, or I would use 'his' in a gendered neutral way

[@joods457]

@@voluntarism335did you fail grammar in 2nd grade?

[@voluntarism335]

@@joods457 No, but apparently you did, their is grammatically incorrect

[@joods457]

@@voluntarism335 “ hey did you send that person to pick up milk?” “Yeah but THEIR car broke down” quit being ignorant

[@CS4JS]

NO. Never.