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<p>'''''They''''' ({{IPAEng|ðeɪ}}) is a
[[grammatical person|third-person]],
[[personal pronoun]] ([[Nominative case|subject case]]) in [[Modern English]].</p>
{{Modern English personal pronouns (table)}}
==Usage==
The [[singular they|"singular" ''they'']] is the use of this pronoun, where ''they'' is used as a [[gender-neutral]] [[Grammatical number|singular]] rather than plural pronoun. The correctness of this usage is disputed.
==Etymology==
{{Middle English personal pronouns (table)}}
==They "The People"==
Taken from "You know what "they" say..."
* "They" refers to the masses of those who are among the pop culture. "They" quote sayings of individuals who could put complex events in to understandable context; believing that what "they" have just quoted would justify an event or action which had just occurred.
* "They" may also refer to the government or society at large, such as when a paranoid conspiracy theorist proclaims "They're out to get me, man" or "They're watching me right now."
The [[logical]] position against this usage is based on the principle of [[methodological individualism]] - the obvious fact about the [[reality]] of humans that various actions such as "thinking", "saying", "feeling", "knowing", "believing" or any other [[physiological]] functions can only be done by individual humans.
==See also==
* [[English personal pronouns]]
* [[Generic antecedents]]
* [[Them]]
* [[Possessive pronoun]]
* [[Subjective pronoun]]
* [[Objective pronoun]]
{{Modern English personal pronouns}}
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