앞서 언급되었거나 쉽게 식별할 수 있는 둘 이상의 사람이나 사물을 가리키는 동사 또는 전치사의 목적어
used as the object of a verb or preposition to refer to two or more people or things previously mentioned or easily identified
예문:
"I found some old photos and decided to scan them."
"The children are sleeping, so please don't wake them."
성별이 명시되지 않은 사람이나 남성 또는 여성의 전통적 이분법에 해당하지 않는 성 정체성을 가진 사람을 가리킴
referring to a person of unspecified sex or whose gender identity does not correspond to the traditional binary opposition of male and female
예문:
"If a customer has a complaint, listen to them carefully."
"Alex uses they/them pronouns, so please refer to them accordingly."
비격식적인 상황에서 'be' 동사 뒤의 보어로 쓰이거나 'than' 또는 'as' 뒤에 쓰임
used as a complement after the verb 'to be' or after 'than' or 'as' in informal contexts
예문:
"Who is making that noise? It's them again."
"Our team is much more experienced than them."
'those'의 의미로 쓰이는 비표준어 또는 방언
a non-standard or dialectal word used to mean 'those'
예문:
"I don't like them new rules they've made."
"Look at them birds flying south."