In which one of the best accounts on Twitter, the Merriam-Webster dictionary, writes you a nice limerick defending the singular “their.”
[IMAGE: A screenshot of a tweet by Merriam-Webster. The text reads:
If you’re a stickler for grammar, prepare
to be irked by the singular ‘their’
Tho it seems a mistake
The position we take
Is if the word is in use we don’t careIt is accompanied by a link to the Merriam-Webster website, to a page titled “We Made You a Bunch of Usage Limericks.”]
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