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The surprising thing to me is that there's no pain for the historical "singular they" (for a generic person, often preceded by "each" or similar words), only fo
by o11c 3y ago
The surprising thing to me is that there's no pain for the historical "singular they" (for a generic person, often preceded by "each" or similar words), only for the modern one (for a specific person).
- flatline 3y agoIt’s all fun and games till “they” become part of a group and the antecedent is complete guesswork. I use they/them pronouns, but there is a slightly different effort for different usages, and I wish we had something else that was more natural.