Значение слова "THEY" в онлайн-словаре Reword

THEY

pro noun , plural in construction 
 Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse their, masculine plural demonstrative & personal pro noun ; akin to Old English thæt that
 Date: 13th century
 
 
 1. those ones,  he  I,2,  people  2, 
 Usage: They used as an indefinite subject (sense 2) is sometimes objected to on the grounds that it does not have an antecedent. Not every pro noun requires an antecedent, however. The indefinite they is used in all varieties of contexts and is standard. 
 Usage: They, their, them, themselves: English lacks a common-gender third person singular pro noun that can be used to refer to indefinite pro noun s (as everyone, anyone, someone). Writers and speakers have supplied this lack by using the plural pro noun s    . The plural pro noun s have also been put to use as pro noun s of indefinite number to refer to singular  noun s that stand for many persons <'tis meet that some more audience than a mother, since nature makes them partial, should o'erhear the speech — Shakespeare>   . The use of they, their, them, and themselves as pro noun s of indefinite gender and indefinite number is well established in speech and writing, even in literary and formal contexts. This gives you the option of using the plural pro noun s where you think they sound best, and of using the singular pro noun s (as he, she, he or she, and their inflected forms) where you think they sound best.

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition

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