FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 17 hours 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-square27fedilinkarrow-up1151arrow-down17
arrow-up1144arrow-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 · 17 hours agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squarehenfredemars@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·17 hours agoI wish my English teachers didn’t beat me up so hard (figuratively) as incorrect use of ‘they’ when it has a long history of usage in the singular.
minus-squareFreshParsnip@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·17 hours agoI’m really curious as to how singular they started being taught as incorrect. I really don’t think it was originally intended to be transphobic.
I wish my English teachers didn’t beat me up so hard (figuratively) as incorrect use of ‘they’ when it has a long history of usage in the singular.
I’m really curious as to how singular they started being taught as incorrect. I really don’t think it was originally intended to be transphobic.