Response: Including Everyone

In response to Brandon's post "His Eye for Hers" (March 1, 2012):

Another advantage to using 'they' as a singular pronoun is that it includes everyone, regardless of gender.  Some might say that we can achieve this same effect by using the clunky, but politically correct 'he/she', but this is not the case.  Recently, some people have chosen to use alternative pronoun sets, such as 'zhe/zir', etc.  Still others have chosen to go by the singular 'they' at least in speech - and they would likely choose to use the same pronouns in writing if doing so were accepted as grammatical.

As it is not, I shall, in formal written contexts, continue trying to modify my sentences so that I can use plural pronouns rather than singular ones.  When writing informally, however, I shall continue to use the singular 'they,' in hopes that doing so may help its acceptability eventually spread to formal writing as well.