them

Those ones. Used as the direct object of a verb.

• She treated them for a cold.
• She wrote them a letter.
• Give it to them.

Used as the direct object of a verb.

• She treated them for a cold.

Used as the indirect object of a verb.

• She wrote them a letter.

Used as the object of a preposition.

• Give it to them.

As a grammatical subject or object when joined with a conjunction.

• [...] and now them and the Goo Goo Dolls are playing together.

Used in isolation or apposition, or as the complement of the copula (be).

• Who was there? —Them.
• Who did this? —Them. They did it. (or:) It was them. They did it.)
• Who did that? —(It was) not them: I was watching them the whole time.

A single person, previously mentioned, whose gender is unknown, irrelevant, or non-binary. Used as the direct object of a verb.

• If a student has an inappropriate question, whatever you do, do not berate them.
• If one of my patients calls, please bring them their dinner.
• If someone comes and asks for the ticket, just give it to them.

Used as the direct object of a verb.

• If a student has an inappropriate question, whatever you do, do not berate them.

Used as the indirect object of a verb.

• If one of my patients calls, please bring them their dinner.

Used as the object of a preposition.

• If someone comes and asks for the ticket, just give it to them.

As a grammatical subject or object when joined with a conjunction.

Used in isolation or apposition, or as the complement of the copula (be).

• Who was there? —Them.
• Who did this? —Them. They did it. (or:) It was them. They did it.)
• Who did that? —(It was) not them: I was watching them the whole time.

They; those.

• I know it seems unfair, but them's the rules.
• Them's the breaks.

Synonym of they (“a non-binary person”).

Those.

• Gimme two of them yellow ones.