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Singular They: Attitudes and Usage Among Students

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Thanks so much for taking the time to do my survey 😊 I'm Evrim, a Biology and English student training to become a teacher. For a course on personal pronouns, I'm researching how people feel about and use singular they in different contexts. This survey explores how things like age, gender, or language background might influence pronoun choices in modern English. All responses are anonymous - I really appreciate your help! It shouldn't take more than 5 minutes to complete.

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Singular They: Attitudes and Usage Among Students

Section 1: Demographic Questions

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What is your age?

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What is your gender identity?

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What is your sexual orientation?

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Is English your first language?

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Do you consider yourself involved in LGBTQ+ communities (socially, academically, politically, etc.)?

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Section 2: Grammaticality Judgments

Please rate the following sentences from 1 (completely unacceptable) to 5 (completely acceptable):

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Someone left their phone on the bus.

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7

If anyone calls, tell him I'll be late.

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8

Each student must submit their work before the deadline.

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9

Alex said they will be late to the meeting.

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10

A teacher said they will cancel the next lecture.

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Section 3: Attitudinal Questions

Rate from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree):

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Singular "they" makes English more inclusive.

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I use singular "they" when I don't know someone's gender.

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I would use singular "they" in academic or professional writing.

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Section 4: Natural Language Production

A. Sentence Completion

Fill in the blank naturally:

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The nurse called to say that ___ will check on the patient in an hour.

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The CEO emailed to say ___ will be late to the meeting.

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A student left ___ notebook in the classroom.

B. Pronoun Choice

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Someone left their phone. Is "their" the pronoun you would naturally use here?

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C. Micro Writing Tasks

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Please write 2-3 sentences describing a person you saw helping someone on the street. You don't know their gender. Write naturally, as if telling a friend.

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Write a short reply to this text message from a classmate: "Hey, someone from our group hasn't handed in their part of the project. Can you check who it was and message them?"

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Section 5: Optional Reflection

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In your opinion, what are the benefits (if any) of using singular they?

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Are there situations where you would avoid using singular "they"? Why or why not?

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Singular They: Attitudes and Usage Among Students

Thanks again!

That’s everything — I really appreciate you taking the time to help out with my project!

Your responses will make a big difference in understanding how people actually use and think about pronouns like they in everyday English.

Thanks a lot!<3

Evrim

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