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[Alix Pexton via Digitalmars-d]

On 12/06/2015 2:53 AM, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 6/10/2015 12:56 PM, Russel Winder via Digitalmars-d wrote:
>> Please note, OED (which is the definition of the English language
>> whatever any USA upstarts may try to pretend) is gearing up to define
>> "they" as both singular and plural, thus at a stroke solving all the
>> he/she, she/he, (s)he, it faffing.
>
> Hmm, so instead of the documenting the language now the OED is trying to
> invent it? Such cheek! :-)
>

Nope, singular they has existed since at least the 1600s. It was an act 
of prejudice in the 1920s[1] that began its decline in usage. The 
current move by the OED is to reverse that act of invention and document 
actual use.

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[1] See Modern English Usage (3rd edition or later) [ISBN: 0-19-860263-4]