Breaking News: Singular ‘They’ Is Officially Official

It’s about time.

Shaunta Grimes
Nov 5 · 3 min read
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The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA) has gone through it’s first update in a decade. One of the major changes in this seventh edition is a full embracing of the singular ‘they’ pronoun.

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