http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.enCSMOD (Build: 3273.32735)http://www.englishforums.com/English/SheHeOrThey/lwkx/post.htm#56539Sun, 21 Nov 2004 13:52:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:56539Mister Micawber0http://www.englishforums.com/English/SheHeOrThey/lwkx/post.htm#56539http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-56539.xml<br />Yes, correct in both, and it is becoming more and more formally acceptable (it has been informally so for some time), because we have no other adequate pronoun for a third person singular human being of unspecified sex. In your second sentence it may seem a little strange, I think, because presumably the interlocutors would know what sex the friend is. <br /> <br />http://www.englishforums.com/English/SheHeOrThey/lwkd/post.htmSun, 21 Nov 2004 13:09:51 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:56528Guest1http://www.englishforums.com/English/SheHeOrThey/lwkd/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-56528.xmlWhat pronoun is grammatically correct to use when I don't know whether that person is male or female? <br /> <br />e.g <br /> <br />'Everybody knows that (they are/he is/she is) unique.' <br />'You can try to ask a friend if (they/he/she) can help' <br /> <br />I have noticed that they is commonly used, however in the second sentence <br />it would look strange. <br /> <br />Is it correct to use it in both sentences? <br /> <br /> <br />