It doesn&#x27;t sound right because the username includes &quot;patrick&quot;, which implies a &quot;he&quot;. Singular &quot;they&quot; doesn&#x27;t replace &quot;he&quot; or &quot;she&quot; when gender is known.<p>It sounds a bit more natural if you say &quot;That user didn&#x27;t read the article, so they were uninformed.&quot;