The Merriam-Webster has added a new of the pronoun "they" to its Webster's Dictionary. It lists the word "they" as referring to a "single person whose identity is non-". This is good for non-binary people - those who identify neither as male nor female. Many institutions use a gender-neutral option on their official . More local governments, schools and airlines are introducing the of "X" for people who do not consider as male or female, and for gender people who switch between genders.
Merriam-Webster stated that the use of "" for "he" or "she" recognizes people who did not "conform to an gender expression, or who seemed to be male nor female". It said it "struggled" to describe these people with the pronouns. It says the word "they" was used as a pronoun in the late 1300s. Shakespeare used it in this in the 17th century. In 1898, a wrote in his play Antony and Cleopatra that: "No man goes to to be killed....But they do get killed." Many people use the singular "they" in conversation .
