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Singular they rule (pawb.social)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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  • Panel 1: A person with the text "Singular 'they'" written on them smiling with open arms.
  • Panel 2: "Singular 'They'" beaten up by others who said, "Singular they is ungrammatical. It's too confusing," "How can anyone use plural pronouns for singular," and "Every pronoun should only have one purpose."
  • Panel 3: "You" hiding from the mob who was beating "Singular 'They'"
  • Panel 4: "German 'Sie'" hiding with even more fear next to "You"
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[–] 1 point 3 years ago

... you've not heard of singular they, a pronoun used in english by Shakespear himself, that existed before singular you?

"Oh, somebody forgot their jacket" has existed since forever.

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