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Singular they is a use of they as an epicene (gender-neutral) pronoun for a singular referent. [7] [8] In this usage, they follows plural agreement rules (they are, not *they is), but the semantic reference is singular. Unlike plural they, singular they is only used for people. For this reason, it could be considered to have personal gender.
The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language discusses the prescriptivist argument that they is a plural pronoun and that the use of they with a singular "antecedent" therefore violates the rule of agreement between antecedent and pronoun, but takes the view that they, though primarily plural, can also be singular in a secondary extended sense ...
person—people (also persons, in more formal (legal and technical) contexts; people can also be a singular noun with plural peoples.) die—dice (in the context of gaming, where dice is also often used as the singular; and also in the semiconductor industry; otherwise dies is used) penny—pence (in the context of an amount of money in sterling).
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n. the noun buffalo, an animal, in the plural (equivalent to "buffaloes" or "buffalos"), in order to avoid articles. v. the verb "buffalo" meaning to outwit, confuse, deceive, intimidate, or baffle. The sentence is syntactically ambiguous; one possible parse (marking each "buffalo" with its part of speech as shown above) is as follows:
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The excerpt you quote says that gender-neutral pronouns in general were in use in the 1990s, not that the they/them pronoun in particular was. (It says "referred to by them," not "referred to by them.") The article does not support the claim that singular they for specific people was used at all in the 1990s. AJD 00:45, 1 August 2024 (UTC)