FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 28 days agoThe singular they is actually such a natural part of the English language, the people complaining about it almost certainly use it without noticingmessage-squaremessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10
arrow-up17arrow-down1message-squareThe singular they is actually such a natural part of the English language, the people complaining about it almost certainly use it without noticingFreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 28 days agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squarenotreallyhere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·28 days agoit genuinely causes confusion though, someone told me “they” (a different person), were going to be there early and I was like “they’re all going to come early?!”
minus-squarerbos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·28 days ago‘You’ has a similar ambiguity, being a plural word originally, but most people muddle through that. I do think we should bring back thee/thy/thou as singular, but whatever.
it genuinely causes confusion though, someone told me “they” (a different person), were going to be there early and I was like “they’re all going to come early?!”
‘You’ has a similar ambiguity, being a plural word originally, but most people muddle through that.
I do think we should bring back thee/thy/thou as singular, but whatever.