They is a free morpheme used as a third-person plural pronoun or as a determiner in front of a noun that both signals plurality and includes the listener. Pronounced with a voiced dental fricative followed by a diphthong, it functions as a cohesive, high-frequency word in everyday English, often reduced in rhythm and connected to surrounding sounds. It occurs in questions, statements, and conversational ellipsis alike, and can contrast with she, he, or them in pronoun usage and agreement.
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