Personally I'm not against the usage of singularthey; however, since it has ambiguities, I will tryto avoid it at all cost, even though one cancertainly understand from the context what asingular they is supposed to refer to. FYI:https://imgur.com/rCTM5IH
這應該是 Chicago Manual of Style的官方回應:https://tinyurl.com/y57phs7f 最後的"[Update:..."以報章雜誌為例,比如後頭那篇"punchy 跟 pony up...",原文出自The Economist,那篇用到了punchy和pony up這兩個informal的用法。總之不要將這類報章雜誌誤認為一定只用formal usages總之這是依情況/內容而定,不是100%盲目套用一定100%正確/沒問題。是為了應付考試的話,何不直接使用"絕對不會被扣分"的用法?https://tinyurl.com/y52nzodj "If you are training ..... for the TOEFL or IELTS exams, ... that usingthat using 'they' ... will cost students points."