Just in case anyone doubts that "they" is fast becoming the new default for the genderless third person singular pronoun, here's an example from an email I just received from something called "Spam Arrest": Thank you for verifying your email address with Spam Arrest!

Your email has been forwarded to 
brian koepf's inbox.  All of your 
future emails to brian koepf will also be 
delivered directly into 
their inbox. 
Far better, I think, than the awkward "him/her, his/hers, he/she" (which is also sexist - why should the masculine precede the feminine?).  Geoff Layton 		 	   		  
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