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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I actually don't like all of this "they/them" business for a single person.

Kindly stick to He, She, It.  Or why not come up with some new pronouns like Heg,  Het, Hez,  or  Heb?

Why mess up the whole English grammar? [/quote]

I just read a book with a non binary character in it. It was somewhat difficult to figure out who the author was referring to in some of the book where there were several characters in the scene—had to reread to figure out if they/them referred to that one character or the group of characters.

The character was a teacher, BTW, and the kids used Mx.  [/quote]

+1  I'm happy to use "they" as a singular pronoun, but it often makes it difficult to understand a discussion. My therapist mentioned that issue recently as well.  It's especially difficult when you are talking about a group or a team and the group would be "they" collectively, but if you are speaking about a singular "they" in the same conversation, you almost have to use the person's name to help a listener understand.

As an example:  "When my other friends left, they got mad."  Who got mad, the friends, or the friend who didn't leave?[/quote]

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