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More hamfisted than the always-jarring use of a plural pronoun instead of a singular one?
by mhb 4y ago
More hamfisted than the always-jarring use of a plural pronoun instead of a singular one?
- kooshball 4y agoin case you really didn't know, "they" can also be singular https://www.dictionary.com/browse/they https://www.dictionary.com/browse/they
- mhb 4y agoYeah, yeah, I know. And language evolves. Is the best way to address the lack of a gender-neutral singular pronoun in English really to lazily adopt a word which is ambiguous in the vernacular? Be creative - make a new word!