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>No, no it is not. I assure you, it is not correct. Language evolves, and this means that the rules of grammar do too. The MLA already allows for pronoun usage
by cthalupa 8y ago
>No, no it is not. I assure you, it is not correct.
Language evolves, and this means that the rules of grammar do too. The MLA already allows for pronoun usage to match that of the preferred pronoun of whomever you are writing about, and are considering allowing for the singular they in general. Some style guidelines already allow it. Others still proscribe it.
Plenty of news organizations, including the Washington Post, have set their style guidelines to use the singular they.
It's grammatically correct in plenty of places today, and the current trend is for that to increase, not decrease. You're fighting a losing battle here.
- pravda 8y agoWell, everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
- nathankunicki 8y agoYes, and some opinions happen to be plain wrong, and others are similarly entitled to say so. The entitlement to state an opinion does not guarantee its correctness.
- pravda 8y agoOk, I guess that joke was a little bit too subtle. Let me rephrase that reply: Everyone is entitled to his own opinion. Everyone takes the singular, but in that reply, I paired it with the plural their.
- geofft 8y agoYes, and everyone missed the joke because that sentence reads naturally, thus proving that "their" is an appropriate pronoun to use.
- geofft 8y agoAnother example of language evolving: why isn't it "I assure thee, it is not correct" when addressing a single person?