They is a third-person, personal pronoun (subject case) in Modern English. Usage The "singular" they is the use of this pronoun, where they is used as a gender-neutral singular rather than plural pronoun. The correctness of this usage is disputed. The singular pronoun they is even found in formal or official texts. For example, a 2008 amendment to the Canadian Criminal Code contains the following text: if a peace officer has reasonable grounds to believe that, because of their physical conditi… (More on They)