https://aceseditors.org/news/2017/ap-style-for-first-time-allows-use-of-they-as-singular-pronoun/
I Give Up
~ Dan Baum
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I am relieved. The qualifiers are important – such as the write around option. Judy
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Re: I Give Up — Worse, Chicago gives it a qualified nod, also. But I’m still unconvinced. So far I’ve always found a way to write around it.
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writing around a problem is usually the way. but let me mumble down here that AP be damned using “they” as the personal pronoun for a single person creates needless confusion and should be avoided.
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is this your white flag?
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