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rdouble
on July 20, 2013
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If you say "how old is they?" or "they is adorable" it will sound cooler, like you're speaking some sort of patois.
nostromo
on July 20, 2013
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I just read this fun Wikipedia article for language nerds:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they
Dewie
on July 20, 2013
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That's pretty cool. The verb conjugation for "to be" seems to be actually useful in this context. It sounds a little wrong to me, but that's just a matter of habit, and it would probably flow better in written English than writing he/she.
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