Comment by LoganDark
2 years ago
A fun fact I learned just recently is that even Shakespeare used singular "they":
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002748.h...
(and even singular "themselves"!)
which puts to rest approximately every argument I've ever seen against it.
Because this often ends up with people talking past each other, never until a few years ago did anyone use singular they for a known, specific person. Shakespeare used it for unknown or nonspecific people.
It was also used in the King James Bible, published in 1611.
Interesting. Shakespeare had first used singular 'they' in 1594, so not even that long before.