Can ‘They’ replace ‘He’ and ‘She’?
Kathleen of Norway asked the following poignant question via e-mail today:
“EveryONE paying THEIR own check???”
The question arose in connection with an example in yesterday’s Good Word, stickler: “Morris Bedda is a stickler about everyone paying their own check when dining out.”
Since this question has been raised before, I decided to write something definitive on the subject. I just added it to the reference shelf in my office, which you can access by clicking here.
