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Singular they rule (pawb.social)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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ALT TEXT:

  • 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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[–] BitSound 1 points 1 year ago

See my other reply to you when you posted that link, but no:

https://lemmy.world/comment/1677112

The quote in your link is using singular they with a placeholder term, which is not the new usage invented in the last few years of using it to refer to a known, specific individual.