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The word “they” is not a gender-neutral singular pronoun, damn it

For the love of God, will everyone please STOP with the use of they as a gender-neutral singular pronoun. History shows us that there’s a better way: Decades ago, feminists coined the term Ms.; that neologism has all but completely replaced the old-fashioned Miss and Mrs. Those concerned with gender neutrality should do likewise, instead of inflicting ambiguity on the rest of us by (mis)using they.

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