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by vagab0nd 7y ago
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- cryptozeus 7y agoExactly “3) Use “they” “them” and “their” as gender-neutral pronouns. Almost a good plan, but it doesn’t work. Too often I’ll be talking about two WBW characters, and when I say “they,” readers can’t tell if I’m referring to the one I was just talking about or to both of them.”
- jraph 7y agoDo you have a hard time to understand from the context whether "you" is plural or singular? It seems like it is the same problem but nobody is out there arguing that we should find a way to disambiguate this.
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- MauranKilom 7y agoUnlike singular "you", singular "they" can refer to different people.