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Re:Baltimore plant ruins 15M Johnson and Johnson coronavirus... by BrandoElFollito on Thursday April 01, 2021 @02:22AM (#26657194)
Dominique (a non-gendered name) goes to school everyday. They take the bus.

Is this a proper English sentence?

(question from a non native speaker)

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Re:Baltimore plant ruins 15M Johnson and Johnson coronavirus... by mulmen on Thursday April 01, 2021 @02:49AM (#26657335)
As a native english speaker I consider that valid.

The possible confusion is the fact that “they” could be singular or plural. AKA “singular they” [1].

Your second sentence could be referring to some other group of people who are not Dominique who instead of going to school take the bus.

[1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they

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Re:Baltimore plant ruins 15M Johnson and Johnson coronavirus... by herewulf on Thursday April 01, 2021 @02:10AM (#26657139)
"They" is a plural pronoun. Obviously.
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