diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index cbc0953..47be79e 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -124,9 +124,9 @@
   ['eys',     neoPron('ey')],
   ['emm',     neoPron('ey')],
   // they/them  (NOM=they, GEN=their, DAT=them, ACC=them)
-  ['they',    neoPron('they')],
-  ['their',   neoPron('they')],
-  ['them',    neoPron('they')],
+  // Excluded: 'they' and 'them' are too frequent in English quotations within
+  // German texts and would cause many false positives.
+  // 'their' is likewise excluded for the same reason.
 
   // ---- Neuer Stamm (new-stem pronouns) -----------------------------------
   // el/em  (NOM=el, GEN=ems, DAT=em, ACC=en)
@@ -143,8 +143,9 @@
   // 'ens' takes priority as NOM of ens-paradigm (also GEN of en/em)
   ['ens',     neoPron('ens')],
   // et/siem  (NOM=et, GEN=sier, DAT=siem, ACC=sien)
-  // oblique forms 'sier'/'siem'/'sien' already mapped to sier-paradigm above
-  ['et',      neoPron('et')],
+  // Excluded: 'et' is omitted — it is ubiquitous in academic German texts as the
+  // Latin abbreviation in 'et al.' and would cause pervasive false positives.
+  // The oblique forms sier/siem/sien are still captured via the sier-paradigm.
   // ex/ex  (all forms = ex)
   ['ex',      neoPron('ex')],
   // hän/sim  (NOM=hän, GEN=sir, DAT=sim, ACC=sim)