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Old Tue Dec 04, 2018, 08:48am
bob jenkins bob jenkins is offline
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Originally Posted by JamesBCrazy View Post
Singular "they" has been acceptable for a very long time. Also, there is an implicit "were the officials correct" in the question.
It's becoming more-so, I agree. And, I only point it out when there are other points to be made.

"True or False: Were the officials correct?" also doesn't make much sense, at least to me.
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