Considering the Singular "They"
Sometimes it's hard to be someone who learned all their grammar in the 1950's. My initial reaction to use of they for a gender fluid person was that of an English teacher from the last century: “They can’t do that!”
But the more I read and the more I considered the very real case of those born somewhere in the middle of the spectrum that is gender, the more I began to accept this jarring usage, albeit while gritting my teeth a bit.
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