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#1054. singular they[personal_pronoun][gender][political_correctness][number][agreement][prescriptive_grammar][singular_they]

2012-03-16

ѸȤƤФм夲 singular they ˤĤơ#275. Ѹλ;ñ̾פε ([2010-01-27-1]) Ǥ夲Ѹˤ any, each, every, no ʤɤǽ줿ŪñǤͤɽ魯̾򡤸Ǽ뤿Ŭڤ̾줬ʤhe ɽ褦Ȥºܤȸ줫ͤȤä she ɽΤ⤷äꤳʤit ȥΰΤ褦Ƕ礬ʤ they ѤСεʸˡȤ繥ʿΰ (agreement) Ȥ§񿨤̤ˤ줫ͤʤ¤θˡȤƤϡǸ˵󤲤 singular they ϤƤ뤬Τ褦ʤ褦ʸȤ褯ʹ롥
Τ褦ʸŪȤˡϡ¤ϸѸΤǤϤʤŤˤäƤΤ¿OED "they, pers. pron." B. 2. ˤȡ"Often used in reference to a singular noun made universal by every, any, no, etc., or applicable to one of either sex (= 'he or she'). See Jespersen Progress in Lang. 24." Ȥꡤν1526ǯǤ롥ٹ (254--56) ˤϡѸ줫㤬ȵ󤲤Ƥ롥ĤȴФ

Let each esteem others better than themselves.---Philippians, ii. 3.
Each was swayed by the emotion within them, much as the candle-flame was swayed by the tempest without.---Hardy.
Nobody knows what it is to lose a friend till they have lost him.---Fielding.
Everyone must judge of their feelings.---Byron.
No one in their senses could doubt.---Dickens.
Nobody will come in, will they?---Priestley.


each ʤɤԤʤñ̾줬 they ǼƤ⤢롥

The feelings of the parent upon committing the cherished object of their cares and affections to the stormy sea of life.---S. Ferrier.
A person can't help their birth.---Thackeray


they ο԰פϡѸ̾ηϤݱʤ񤹤Ǥ롥ե󥹸ǤϡΤ褦ʾ soi, son ʤɤθ줬ѰդƤꡤȤϤʤʤѸˤȤäƤβˡϡθˡޤäȤʤȤΤʤȤΤǤС̾ηϤѤ뤫¸ηαѤн褹뤫Ǥ롥ԤˤĤƤϡ[2010-01-27-1]εǼ褦ˡ͡ʸ줬Ƥ줿ʸǻ޸ s/he ǤޤƤȤϸ񤤡ԤͭϸǤ singular they ϡŪˤϢʤȹԤʤƤζκ뤳Ȥï⤬򤷤ƤΤǤꡤͶζϡʲΤʤˤ⸫Ƽ뤳ȤǤ롥

If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die; then the ox shall be surely stoned.---Exodus, xxi. 28.


Burchfield ǧƤ̤ꡤǤϷ褻ƤȤäƤ褤
ϢơԤġѸʸɮκݤˡѤƤԤ̤θĤ̾ѤΤ򤿤虜򤨤ʤ˺뤳Ȥ롥ܸǤСԤϡפ򷫤֤Ƥ⤽ۤɤʤѸǤ the author ٤֤ⷫ櫓ˤ⤤ʤ

ٹ ﵭرʸˡ3ǡʸƲ1926ǯ
Burchfield, Robert, ed. Fowler's Modern English Usage. Rev. 3rd ed. Oxford: OUP, 1998.

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