FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 month 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-square36fedilinkarrow-up1219arrow-down110
arrow-up1209arrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squarehenfredemars@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 month 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-up9·1 month 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.