pronoun

When we’re taught writing, we learn about pronouns: “he,” “she,” “you”, and “they.”

And when I was growing up in school, “you” and “they” were the pronouns we used when we didn’t want to refer to a specific gender.

“You” was used to refer to one person, “they” referred to more than one person.

But that’s changed recently, as “they” is slowly becoming the accepted word to refer to someone in a gender-neutral way.