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A fun fact I learned just recently is that even Shakespeare used singular "they": http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002748.html http://itre.c
by LoganDark 2y ago
A fun fact I learned just recently is that even Shakespeare used singular "they":
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002748.html http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002748.h...
(and even singular "themselves"!)
which puts to rest approximately every argument I've ever seen against it.
- commodoreboxer 2y agoIt was also used in the King James Bible, published in 1611.
- LoganDark 2y agoInteresting. Shakespeare had first used singular 'they' in 1594, so not even that long before.
- gaganyaan 2y agoBecause this often ends up with people talking past each other, never until a few years ago did anyone use singular they for a known, specific person. Shakespeare used it for unknown or nonspecific people.