FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 months 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-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up1180arrow-down17
arrow-up1173arrow-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 · 3 months agomessage-square13linkfedilink
minus-squarerbos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months 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.
‘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.