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Re:Unlocking any car from X brand in most of the world by buran77 on Monday November 09, 2026 @05:55AM (#50423893)
I wouldn't know, and don't want to investigate. I try to stay generic, grammatically it's fine. I'm sure it can be grating to some but I'm not using this as a trigger word.
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Re:Unlocking any car from X brand in most of the world by NooneAtAll5 on Monday November 09, 2026 @11:28AM (#50427801)
it's not grammatically fine - you're talking about 1 person
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Re:Unlocking any car from X brand in most of the world by scuppernong on Monday November 09, 2026 @11:56AM (#50428223)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they
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Re:Unlocking any car from X brand in most of the world by compiler-guy on Monday November 09, 2026 @01:16PM (#50429309)
The singular "they" usage is over seven hundred years old.
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