Stop using "they"

English lacks a neuter third-person pronoun, so when we're not sure of someone's gender we use "they". For example: "Someone just called and hung up on me -- they've got alot of nerve" and "If we hired someone to take your place, they'd have some big shoes to fill." We do this because we fear repercussions; not using a gender-neutral noun is a felony in some states, so we fear the long arm of the law when it comes to pronouns.

Unfortunately, many people use "they" even when the gender of the person referred to is known. For example, "I won't tell you who James is dating, but I will tell you they took him to the Pocono's last weekend" or "Guess who won Best Male Vocalist? I'll give you a clue: you have all of their albums".

In the first example sentence, it's okay to use a gender-specific pronoun. In this case, we'll assume that the speaker and the listener both know James's dating preferences pertaining to gender (and, since I'm basing the example character loosely on myself, we'll say that he'd prefer to date women to men at this stage in his life). It's okay to say that James is dating a "she".

For the second example, it's also okay to use a gender-specific pronoun. We can safely presume that the winner in a category titles Best Male Vocalist would be a male. And it's Vocalist, not group, so it would be one individual whose albums you would have. And I've seen your album collection, and I wouldn't be bragging about it if I were you.