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Bitter Anon
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I think the issue might come down to American English versus 'Queens' English. Much like the vowel dropping and apostrophe usage, it may depend on where you are from. What I had learned and read in school and since, 'he' was the gender neutral, but for most purposes it doesn't matter what you use. Like the word 'u' and 'uber' and many other words, it seemed to have been adopted into the language. Languages change, you know. If it really ought to be 'they', then I suppose it should be they. We learn something new every day.
I still have to disagree about the parents' car thing, however.
To me, that sentence says that you want the person's parents to drive their car to wherever. "Bring the car" does not indicate driving it. I've never heard someone say anything like "bring the car around", except possibly in movies. I didn't see it as being a singular car, either. It seemed to be 'either parent drive their car', such as the father might have a car and the mother a different one. It's stupid to argue over, however. Are we going to try and place the punctuation in "Slow kids at play" next?
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