I approve of the use of “they” as a gender-neutral third-person pronoun. So much less cumbersome than he/she and less depersonalizing than “it.” Although given that the child is wearing a dress, it probably would have been safe to say “she.” And “they’re” is problematic; it should be “they’s,” but that definitely does not sound right.
I approve of the use of “they” as a gender-neutral third-person pronoun. So much less cumbersome than he/she and less depersonalizing than “it.” Although given that the child is wearing a dress, it probably would have been safe to say “she.” And “they’re” is problematic; it should be “they’s,” but that definitely does not sound right.