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How do you use they in a sentence?
They sentence example
- They had two adopted children already. 456.
- They can actually talk! 337.
- They say she is amazingly beautiful.
- Yet they honestly think there is no choice left.
- They entered the house and she glanced at the dark fireplace.
- They have some very nice animals.
- They have a phone.
- They don’t scare us much.
How do you use they pronouns correctly?
According to APA style:
- Always use “they” if it is a person’s self-identified pronoun.
- Always use “they” for a generic third person singular pronoun.
- Don’t ever use “(s)he” or “s/he.”
Is it grammatically correct to say they for one person?
If you are writing about a person who uses “they” as their pronoun, then yes, you have to use it. Respectful and inclusive language is important. And it’s part of APA Style. If you are writing about a generic person, you should use the singular “they” if your sentence includes a pronoun.
How do you avoid using they?
Use combination forms such as “he or she” and “she or he” only if you know that these pronouns match the people being described. Do not use combination forms such as “(s)he” and “s/he.” If you do not know the pronouns of the person being described, reword the sentence to avoid a pronoun or use the pronoun “they.”
Are they grammatically correct?
APA endorses the use of “they” as a singular third-person pronoun in the seventh edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. This means it is officially good practice in scholarly writing to use the singular “they.”
What does it mean to go by they?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN THAT YOU GO BY “THEY” PRONOUNS? It means that if you refer to me using a pronoun instead of my name that you can use “they.” For example, if Dana goes by “they” pronouns, you could say “Dana went to the library” or “They went to the library.”
Can you refer to things as they?
It is absolutely fine to use them/they/their to refer to inanimate objects. Them/they are pronouns used for plural nouns. It’s got nothing to do with being a living thing. It is also used to avoid repetition.
Is it correct to say I don’t have any money?
In American idiomatic English, “I have no money” and “I don’t have money” are equivalent. “I haven’t any money” is also correct, but more popular in other dialects of English (some British idiom? someone help me out).
Is it I have no or I don’t have any?
I have no […] I don’t have any […] Both terms are correct, however in colloquial registers we don’t use no with physical possessions but with attitudes and desires. I have no idea what you are talking about. She has no patience with that sort of stupidity. We have no reason to think that will happen. They have no right to treat us that way.
What do you call someone who has no means of payment?
If a person has no means to pay whatsoever, then depending on the reason, he (or she) will say “I’m broke,” “I don’t have my wallet,” or “I’ve got nothing to pay with.” People in the US tend to say “cash” rather than “money” to refer to paper bills and coins.
How do you use ‘not money’ in a sentence?
If we did use it, it would indicate that “not money” was an understandable noun phrase, and it could be used in a sentence like this: “Carl thought that his ‘not money’ would pay for his lemonade, but the little girl seller wisely refused it.”