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"This will surprise a few purists, but for centuries the universal pronoun was they. Writers as far back as Chaucer used it for singular and plural, masculine and feminine. Nobody seemed to mind that they, them and their were officially plural. As Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of English Usage explains, writers were comfortable using they with an indefinite pronoun like everybody because it suggested a sexless plural."
On Language - All-Purpose Pronoun - NYTimes.com. Damn straight! I grew up using the singular they, but it was beaten out of me during college. I do hope we see it gain widespread acceptance again.
