
English Teacher
Anybody can repair this car, can't ...........?
a. he b. she c. they
I think:
Anybody can repair this car, can't they?
The answer is contentious. While many people would say c. straight away (as I would), grammar books are likely to choose a., since "he" has traditionally been a unisex pronoun meaning "he or she", to include either sex.
This has changed in the last 30 years. Singular "they" is now common.
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