JoMiran,
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I have normally used “they, their and them” when referring to a singular person for about twenty years because I thought that “he/she” and “his/hers” looked ridiculous in emails.

For example; “Next time the engineer feels like he/she needs to overhaul the code…” versus “Next time the engineer feels like they need to overhaul the code…”. Clean and simple.

Example of current use:

Bob - “Hey Jo, Frank thinks we should tweak widget X.”

Me - “Yeah well, they don’t know what the fuck they’re talking about.”

I don’t think that sounds weird.

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