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them (t̸hem)

pronoun

they: [help them; give them the books]: also used as a predicate complement with a linking verb, although this usage is objected to by some [it's them]: often used with a singular antecedent (as everybody, somebody, everyone) [did everybody bring something to read with them?]

Etymology: ME theim < ON, dat. of the demonstrative pron.: see they

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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