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minus-squareOgygus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down34·1 year agoWhat do you mean they? He clearly says he’s a singular person
minus-squareHolyDuckTurtle@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down2·1 year agoThey is, and has been for a very long time, perfectly valid for singular use. Most people I’ve encounted do it all the time without noticing between sentences.
minus-squareOgygus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·1 year agoIt’s extremely confusing. Its a he, no doubt
minus-squareHadriscus@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·1 year agoIn english, they stands for both plural and gender-neural (when you don’t know whether the person you’re referring to is male or female).
minus-squareOgygus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·1 year agoThere no doubt that it’s a male speaking
minus-squarecan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·1 year agoThey has been used to refer to an unspecified individual since before you were born.
minus-squareOgygus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·1 year agoWhat you mean unspecified? It says right there
minus-squareSurface_Detail@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down2·edit-21 year ago There’s not a man I meet but doth salute me As if I were their well-acquainted friend A comedy of errors, act IV, scene 3
What do you mean they?
He clearly says he’s a singular person
They is, and has been for a very long time, perfectly valid for singular use.
Most people I’ve encounted do it all the time without noticing between sentences.
It’s extremely confusing. Its a he, no doubt
In english, they stands for both plural and gender-neural (when you don’t know whether the person you’re referring to is male or female).
There no doubt that it’s a male speaking
You do you
Thanks, i will
They has been used to refer to an unspecified individual since before you were born.
What you mean unspecified?
It says right there
That’s not really the point.
A comedy of errors, act IV, scene 3