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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We recently received an email from our child's teacher, whose signature says they/ she. How are we supposed to address her? Can we say she? When do we address her as they? The teacher has never indicated how to address her in class and my child has no idea. I want to make sure my child does the right thing.[/quote] What exactly is in the signature, besides the name? "they/she" means that both of those forms of third-person singular pronoun are acceptable. You should probably attend a refresher English class. You'll get through this! I promise. [/quote] In most writing guides I've seen, you use "they" when the gender is unknown, and he or she when you do. But in this case, we know the teacher prefers "she" so why add in "they"? They seem to be conflicting.[/quote]
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