May I use instead of words 'him/her' them?
For example:
That's a way of letting the other person to know that we have seen him/her.
That's a way of letting the other person to know that we have seen them.

Question

May I use instead of words 'him/her' them?
For example:
That's a way of letting the other person to know that we have seen him/her.
That's a way of letting the other person to know that we have seen them.

Answer

If we're following strict rules of grammar, we should say:
That's a way of letting the other person to know that we have seen him/her.
This is because 'person' is singular, so the pronoun that refers back to it should also be singular.

Having said that, I must add that I'm lazy, I get writer's cramp easily and I honestly don't think it's going to kill anyone to use 'them' .  So go ahead.

Answer

Him/hers and them are all pronoun.
him/hers third person (singular)
Them third person (plural)

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