Sending the wrong students to college

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<p>Not just current, but in the language for a long time–see The Language Log.</p>

<p><a href=“http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003572.html[/url]”>http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003572.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Wayne Leman at Better Bibles Blog has posted a substantial list of “singular they” examples from the long history of English-language bible translation, starting with Tyndale in 1526 and continuing up to versions from the past decade. His examples from the 1611 King James Version: </p>

<p>Matt. 18:35: So likewise shall my heauenly Father doe also vnto you, if yee from your hearts forgiue not euery one his brother their trespasses.
Phl. 2:3: Let nothing bee done through strife, or vaine glory, but in lowlinesse of minde let each esteeme other better then themselues.
Numbers 2:34: And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers.
Numbers 15:12: According to the number that yee shall prepare, so shall yee doe to euery one, according to their number.
2 Kings 14:12: And Iudah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled euery man to their tents.</p>