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    ‘They’: the singular pronoun that could solve sexism in English
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    1. daniel.odonnell 26 Sep 2016
      Geoffrey Chaucer in 1395, who wrote in The Pardoner’s Tale: “And whoso fyndeth hym out of swich blame, They wol come up…”

      Chaucer use of they for singular

      Chaucer pronouns they Pardoner's Tale Canterbury Tales grammar
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