Assertion: pronoun's gender | /r/HasProperty | unspecified
Facets:
value: particularly
type: DEGREE
value: simply
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: It may seem tricky at first, but in fact, English-speakers often use “they” to refer to a single person when gender is unknown or unspecified.
text: Linguists point out that the pronoun they is, in fact, a third person singular form widely used in colloquial English when a person’s gender is unknown or simply unspecified, tracing the usage back several centuries (Grey, 2015).
text: The plural pronoun they (and its derived forms them, their, etc.) can also be used to refer to one person, particularly when the sex or social gender of that person is unknown, unspecified, or not binary.