They was or They were.

[TheDustyZebra]

Just came across this on Twitter, and even in the links contained within the article, to dictionary and other sources, it appears that the plural verbs are sticking with the increasingly acceptable "they" as a gender-neutral singular pronoun.

Nothing specifically answers the question, but the examples throughout show plural verbs. They were.

Even the staunchest grammarians are now accepting the singular, gender-neutral “they”

 

[Ursa major]

I use 'they' as my gender neutral singular pronoun (but with the plural verb forms) and have done for as long as I can remember.

I'm glad to see that other people are catching up.


I wonder what the Germans do**.... They use sie as the non-gender neutral feminine third person singular pronoun (i.e. "she") AND sie as the gender neutral third person plural pronoun (i.e. they). They also use Sie -- note the capitalisation -- for the second person (singular and plural) formal (or "polite") pronoun (i.e. you), using it in (at a hand-waving level) in the same way as the French use vous rather than tu for a person who is not (formally) close to them.


** - I was going to suggest they use the pronoun associated with the German noun for person, but there are two of them, one masculine(Mensch) and one feminine (Person)....

 

[AnyaKimlin]

I'll stick with they was until we find something more set - I'm used to it now.