Saturday, June 7, 2014

grammar - Why does English use singular they instead of making up a new word for this?

Why does English use singular they instead of making up a new word for this?



In my native language there’s a word dia which has the same meaning as he/she, but it doesn’t give information about the gender of that person.



I’ve seen questions close to this, but they don’t provide the reason for not making up a new word for this distinct meaning.

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