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<blockquote data-quote="GTpdm" data-source="post: 248759" data-attributes="member: 1451"><p>I'm with [USER=219]@Blumpkin Souffle[/USER] (note item three):</p><p></p><p><strong>They:</strong> pronoun, possessive their or theirs, objective them.</p><p>1. nominative plural of <a href="http://www.dictionary.com/browse/he" target="_blank">he</a>, <a href="http://www.dictionary.com/browse/she" target="_blank">she</a>, and <a href="http://www.dictionary.com/browse/it" target="_blank">it</a>.</p><p>2. people in general:</p><p style="margin-left: 20px">They say he's rich.</p><p>3. (used with a singular indefinite pronoun or singular noun antecedent in place of the definite masculine he or the definite feminine she):</p><p style="margin-left: 20px">Whoever is of voting age, whether they are interested in politics or not, should vote. A person may apply only if they are over 21. They have been an actor since childhood.</p><p></p><p>(from <a href="http://www.dictionary.com" target="_blank">www.dictionary.com</a>)</p><p></p><p>That being said, I'm okay with the wording in the OP--I'm just saying that the use of 'they' in this context is entirely acceptable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GTpdm, post: 248759, member: 1451"] I'm with [USER=219]@Blumpkin Souffle[/USER] (note item three): [B]They:[/B] pronoun, possessive their or theirs, objective them. 1. nominative plural of [URL='http://www.dictionary.com/browse/he']he[/URL], [URL='http://www.dictionary.com/browse/she']she[/URL], and [URL='http://www.dictionary.com/browse/it']it[/URL]. 2. people in general: [INDENT]They say he's rich.[/INDENT] 3. (used with a singular indefinite pronoun or singular noun antecedent in place of the definite masculine he or the definite feminine she): [INDENT]Whoever is of voting age, whether they are interested in politics or not, should vote. A person may apply only if they are over 21. They have been an actor since childhood.[/INDENT] (from [URL='http://www.dictionary.com']www.dictionary.com[/URL]) That being said, I'm okay with the wording in the OP--I'm just saying that the use of 'they' in this context is entirely acceptable. [/QUOTE]
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