A brief history of singular ‘they’
The Oxford English Dictionary traces singular they back to 1375, where it appears in the medieval romance William and the Werewolf.
The Oxford English Dictionary traces singular they back to 1375, where it appears in the medieval romance William and the Werewolf.
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