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They? Who's they? Like her whole family does that?
"They" can be used as a gender non-specific pronoun.
This is quite confusing at least for a non native like me.. I've always been told 'they' is plural.. It's feels a bit like when megalomaniac people refer to themselves as we. Why not make a new pronoun if no other suitable singular exists?
Because English got simplified at various points in history. We've lost thee and thou and thy.
As awkward as singular they might seem, it's so old that Shakespeare used it.
Well, now you know better.
If it helps to relate it to something else, "you" also has plural grammar but can refer to a singular.
Although in this case it could be either singular or plural
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