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		boston_clone 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Red Hat Technical Writing Style Guide “They” has been used as a singular pronoun for hundreds of years.

boston_clone 3 months ago [–]

for the haters:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/singular-nonbinary-...

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