generic they

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English

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Examples
  • (unspecified person or people:) They have to get up pretty early to fool me.
  • (unspecified person or people:) Sometimes they purposely make it hard to find the unsubscribe option.
  • (singular they:) They’re coming over for dinner and they’re bringing their boyfriend.
  • (singular they:) Q: Which one are they [over there]? A: They’re the one with the green shirt.

Noun

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generic they

  1. Synonym of generic you: the pronoun they, used to refer to an unspecified person, to multiple unspecified people, or to people in general.
    Synonyms: one, they
  2. Synonym of singular they: the pronoun they, used to refer to one single person without obligation to include their gender.
    Synonyms: they, ze

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