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minus-squareOgygus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down34·2 years agoWhat do you mean they? He clearly says he’s a singular person
minus-squareHolyDuckTurtle@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down2·2 years 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-down4·2 years agoIt’s extremely confusing. Its a he, no doubt
minus-squaretrashcan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·2 years agoThey has been used to refer to an unspecified individual since before you were born.
minus-squareOgygus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·2 years agoWhat you mean unspecified? It says right there
minus-squaretrashcan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoThat’s not really the point.
minus-squareHadriscus@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down2·2 years 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-down3·2 years agoThere no doubt that it’s a male speaking
minus-squareSurface_Detail@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down2·edit-22 years 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
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.
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
A comedy of errors, act IV, scene 3