Thesaurus: they
The plural of he, she, or it. They is never used adjectively, but always as a pronoun proper, and sometimes refers to persons without an antecedent expressed.
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- obj. The plural of he, she, or it. They is never used adjectively, but always as a pronoun proper, and sometimes refers to persons without an antecedent expressed.
- The plural of he, she, or it. They is never used adjectively, but always as a pronoun proper, and sometimes refers to persons without an antecedent expressed. Jolif and glad they went unto here [their] rest And casten hem [them] full early for to sail. Chaucer. They of Italy salute you. Heb. xiii. 24. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness. Matt. v. 6. Note: They is used indefinitely, as our ancestors used man, and as the French use on; as, they say (French on dit), that is, it is said by persons not specified.
- The plural of he, she, or it. They is never used adjectively,but always as a pronoun proper, and sometimes refers to personswithout an antecedent expressed.Jolif and glad they went unto here [their] rest And casten hem [them]full early for to sail. Chaucer.They of Italy salute you. Heb. xiii. 24.Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness.Matt. v. 6.
- p:100 obj. The plural of he, she, or it. They is never used adjectively, but always as a pronoun proper, and sometimes refers to persons without an antecedent expressed.