Gender Pronouns: Using ‘THEY’, ‘THEIR’, and ‘THEM’ for a single person in English
Do you notice people sometimes use the plural pronouns THEY, THEM, and THEIR when talking about one person? In this lesson I’ll explain why this is done to avoid specifying male or female gender. I’ll give some example sentences to show how it works, and I’ll include a test that we can do together towards the end of the video. And there’s also a quiz over on for you to test your understanding:
More of my lessons about pronouns in English:
Learn English: THOU, THEE, THY, THINE
5-Minute English: WHO, WHOM, WHOSE, WHO’S
In this lesson:
00:00 The normal usage of they/them/their for plurals
01:42 How to use they/them/their for male/female singular
05:31 Preferred pronouns
08:12 Practice: they/them/their for avoiding gender-specific language
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