Adopting a cue-based retrieval account of language processing, we investigate how L1 and L2 English speakers use competing number cues when interpreting English singular they. In a self-paced reading task, participants read sentences containing referential (e.g., that jogger) or nonreferential (e.g., a jogger) subjects, which were referred to using singular (he/she) or plural (they) pronouns. When interpreting the number of the subject noun phrase, L1 speakers exhibited an interaction between pronoun type and referential status of the antecedent. L2 speakers showed no such interaction, suggesting that they may be less able to integrate multiple, potentially conflicting cues than L1 speakers.