leo malettadded a note 2 years ago

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A person.

Can anybody give me some explanation on this: what pronoun is used with the word "person", and is it plural or singular?

I've always thought it's "they". Even when we talk about a single hypothetical person.

Example:

"If a person is granted great power for too long, they have a good chance of going mad eventually."

So, here we have it as singular in the first part and as plural in the second one. Is that even correct?

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Alexander Аkimovadded a comment 2 years ago

Since the reader doesn't know the gender of the person, in modern English we we use sex-neutral THEY, them etc.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/sexist

Alexander Аkimovadded a comment 2 years ago

As for the first part, PERSON is a countable noun, so it requires IS.

Alexander Аkimovadded a comment 2 years ago

See more here: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/sexist-language

leo malettadded a comment 2 years ago

Thanks a lot!

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