someone else asserting that singular “they” is ungrammatical and thus to be avoided.
Has that happened? It seems pretty well established that singular “they” is grammatical english, and if someone said otherwise, they may have been talking about a special ungrammatical use of “they” (there may be some cases where “he” or “she” is correct and “they” isn’t, but I can’t think of many off the top of my head)
I don’t feel like digging through links to find examples, and I accept that me repeating “Yes, it happens” is not actually additional evidence, so I won’t be offended if you remain skeptical.
That said: yes, it happens.
Though I suppose it’s possible that they meant a special ungrammatical use and I misunderstood them to mean the singular “they” in general.
Has that happened? It seems pretty well established that singular “they” is grammatical english, and if someone said otherwise, they may have been talking about a special ungrammatical use of “they” (there may be some cases where “he” or “she” is correct and “they” isn’t, but I can’t think of many off the top of my head)
I don’t feel like digging through links to find examples, and I accept that me repeating “Yes, it happens” is not actually additional evidence, so I won’t be offended if you remain skeptical.
That said: yes, it happens.
Though I suppose it’s possible that they meant a special ungrammatical use and I misunderstood them to mean the singular “they” in general.