No red or blue squiggly lines to mark spelling or grammar problems. Turns out Word copes nicely with They and Them in their expanded use. We found sentence examples online and put them into Word using the English (US) default settings: ‘They’ and ‘Them’ have filled that gap for centuries. ![]() As Merriam-Webster notes, English has plural pronouns like everyone or someone but no singular version. The words ‘They’ and ‘Them’ are expanding their use to become gender neutral third-person pronouns. We’re not making a judgement about gender-neutral terms, just examining how Word copes. Language changes over time and the English language seems more flexible than most. We know this topic can be confronting or confusing for many people, including some of us here at. Our interest is only in how Microsoft Word’s grammar checking technology handles changes in the English language. Microsoft Word has a powerful grammar checking system but how does it handle changes in English usage like the rise of non-binary or non-specific pronouns like ‘they’ and ‘them’? We took put sample words and sentences in Word to see how ‘woke’ it is.Īs a bonus, we’ll explain Pibling and Nibling that are already in the Word dictionary. ![]() ![]() Thanks for joining us! You'll get a welcome message in a few moments.
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