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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they

• solipsism 11y ago
  Doesn't do it for me. It leads to confusion in a couple different contexts. I think we should be open to intelligently refactoring our language, instead of being slaves to organic change.
  • burnstek 11y ago
    But "ve" doesn't create confusion?
    • solipsism 11y ago
      Only momentary confusion. You will probably never again be confused by "ve", for the rest of your life, based on just this tiny passing exposure to it (assuming, of course, you ever see it again.. which is obviously not certain). The idea of overloading the plural "they" to mean a gender-neutral singular nominative has some inherent problems you can't just learn away, because context is often not sufficient to pinpoint a meaning from the possibilities.