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ok the dictionary has been corrupted by the language butchers. I will no longer use the dictionary as proof
Well, I half expected the first part. Just didn't think if you said it, you'd also have the intellectual honesty to apply it to your own comment. So props for that.
But now the problem is, what is the basis for your claim on "they" if not the dictionary?
Maybe do like Q said and use old reference books
What did the old reference books say was the correct pronoun to use for a singular, unknown person when avoiding assumptions?
Old books say to use “he”. You could consider the default gender to be an assumption, but people knew the additional usage of “he” for a person of undisclosed gender, like you’re saying that post-modern people know of a “singular” use of “they”. When hearing “he”, users of the earlier, less bastardized version of English wouldn’t assume that the unknown person is a biological male. They would reserve the possibility that the “he” could turn out to be female. No one’s feelings were really hurt, but feminists still got in a twist about it just because they like to complain. Like I said earlier, assuming gender is less of a big deal than assuming plurality.
You keep on with your inaccurate count of the number of people in order to appease the feminists. It doesn’t matter, you boomer jellyfish aren’t going to be able to right the ship at this point. It will be up to us reactionaries.