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Since the 1400s my arse. It's just an annoying trend among woke evangelists, and makes the english language uglier while conveying less information about the subject in question.

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No, this is a matter of historical fact. If you disagree, bring it up with the editors of the Oxford English Dictionary.[0] Or, if you prefer, the editors of the First Folio, a 1623 compilation of Shakespeare's works;[1] not quite as early, but easier for us mere mortals to verify.

> For your sake (Iewell) // I am glad at soule, I haue no other Child; // For thy escape would teach me Tirranie // To hang clogges on them.

[0]: https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/200700#eid1288185420

[1]: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Shakespeare_-_First_Folio_fac...

There is quite literally nothing "woke" about using "they" to refer to someone in a gender neutral way. That term is really overused nowadays.

Either way, I suppose "he/she" could be used instead if that really is an issue?

It would at least specify that you are talking about one single person, and not more than one, so it is ALWAYS better to use he/she.

Not if you're talking about a nonbinary person :(

They is more inclusive! ^^

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