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Comment author: Emile 12 December 2011 07:39:05AM *  2 points [-]

From your first link:

In all but strictly formal uses, plural pronouns have become acceptable substitutes for the masculine singular.

English isn't C++, a form is pretty much defined as acceptable by usage.

Comment author: occlude 12 December 2011 05:23:29PM 0 points [-]

English isn't C++, a form is pretty much defined as acceptable by usage.

This is certainly true; primary considerations should be comprehensibility and consistency. They in this context is perfectly understandable, if not yet considered strictly "correct."

Frankly, I've forgotten what my intention was in pointing it out in the first place.

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