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Singular they is an epicene (gender-neutral) third-person pronoun in English. It typically occurs with an indeterminate antecedent, to refer to an unknown person, or to refer to every person of some group, in sentences such as:
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular they | is a | epicene | 0.90 | text |
| Singular they | is a | most popular pronoun set used by non-binary people | 0.90 | text |
| Singular they | is a | cognitively efficient substitute for generic he or she | 0.90 | text |
| anybody | instance of | especially after indefinite pronouns and determiners | 0.80 | text |
| ... every | instance of | especially after indefinite pronouns and determiners | 0.80 | text |
| etc. | instance of | especially after indefinite pronouns and determiners | 0.80 | text |
| after gender-neutral nouns such as person | instance of | especially after indefinite pronouns and determiners | 0.80 | text |
| someone | instance of | inadequate as they do not include people who identify as neither male nor female.Use with a pronoun antecedentThe singular antecedent can be a pronoun | 0.80 | text |
| anybody | instance of | inadequate as they do not include people who identify as neither male nor female.Use with a pronoun antecedentThe singular antecedent can be a pronoun | 0.80 | text |
| or everybody | instance of | inadequate as they do not include people who identify as neither male nor female.Use with a pronoun antecedentThe singular antecedent can be a pronoun | 0.80 | text |
| or an interrogative pronoun such as who | instance of | inadequate as they do not include people who identify as neither male nor female.Use with a pronoun antecedentThe singular antecedent can be a pronoun | 0.80 | text |
| crowd or team | instance of | that is somewhat similar to the implied plurality of collective or group nouns | 0.80 | text |
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