Earlier you wrote, “no one assumes you mean more than one person.” I replied that this is wrong. It’s wrong because when ‘they’ is the first mention of the noun, people will believe it refers to a group. On the other hand, if ‘they’ calls back to an aforementioned noun, then people can figure out the intended meaning from context.

You went from one extreme to another. You started with claiming that “no one” thinks that ‘they’ refers to a group, then you falsely accused me of claiming instead that no one ever understands that ‘they’ might be intended to be singular. You said, “it's deluded to claim no one understands it. ” I didn’t claim that. I claim that people can figure it out from context, when available.

“Even you knew what the guy was saying when you made your first comment.“ The meme started with the dweeb saying “My co-worker” singular, so the context was available to figure out the intended meaning of a subsequent pronoun. If the meme didn’t include the dweeb’s opening statement, and instead started with the chad asking, “Were they vaxxed?”, then the proper interpretation would’ve been that the chad was talking about a group of people.

When talking about old books, I wasn’t asking for examples of usage, I was asking for the old guidelines about usage. Anyone can make mistakes. I’ve accidentally misused the pronoun ‘they’ also. You might be able to find an example in my GAW comments. I’m trying to reduce those types of mistakes, because I don’t like the commies thinking they’ve conquered me. So you found some old examples of mistakes. Big whoop. Now find where the old experts gave earnest advice to others to misuse ‘they’.

Use ‘he’.

Earlier you wrote, “no one assumes you mean more than one person.” I replied that this is wrong. It’s wrong because when ‘they’ is the first mention of the noun, people will believe it refers to a group. On the other hand, if ‘they’ calls back to an aforementioned noun, then people can figure out the intended meaning from context.

You went from one extreme to another. You started with claiming that “no one” thinks that ‘they’ refers to a group, then you falsely accused me of claiming instead that no one ever understands that ‘they’ might be intended to be singular. You said, “it's deluded to claim no one understands it. ” I didn’t claim that. I claim that people can figure it out from context, when available.

“Even you knew what the guy was saying when you made your first comment.“ The meme started with the dweeb saying “My co-worker” singular, so the context was available to figure out the intended meaning of a subsequent pronoun. If the meme didn’t include the dweeb’s opening statement, and instead started with the chad asking, “Were they vaxxed?”, then the proper interpretation would’ve been that the chad was talking about a group of people.

When talking about old books, I wasn’t asking for examples of usage, I was asking for the old guidelines about usage. Anyone can make mistakes. I’ve accidentally misused the pronoun ‘they’ also. You might be able to find an example in my GAW comments. I’m trying to reduce those types of mistakes, because I don’t like the commies thinking they’ve conquered me. So you found some old examples of mistakes. Big whoop. Now find where the old experts are giving earnest advice to others to misuse ‘they’.

Use ‘he’.