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
这应该是 Chicago Manual of Style的官方回应:https://tinyurl.com/y57phs7f 最后的"[Update:..."以报章杂志为例,比如后头那篇"punchy 跟 pony up...",原文出自The Economist,那篇用到了punchy和pony up这两个informal的用法。总之不要将这类报章杂志误认为一定只用formal usages总之这是依情况/内容而定,不是100%盲目套用一定100%正确/没问题。是为了应付考试的话,何不直接使用"绝对不会被扣分"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."