they
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In Modern English, they is a third-person pronoun relating to a grammatical subject.
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In Modern English, they is a third-person pronoun relating to a grammatical subject.
== Morphology == In Standard Modern English, they has five distinct word forms: they: the nominative (subjective) form them: the accusative (objective, called the 'oblique'.) and a non-standard determinative form. their: the dependent genitive (possessive) form theirs: independent genitive form themselves: prototypical reflexive form themself: derivative reflexive form (nonstandard; now chiefly used instead of "himself or herself" as a reflexive epicenity for they in pronominal reference to a singular referent)
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