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Yup. “They” has been accepted in major style guides and it’s what I use. It’s at times a bit limiting because there can be ambiguity for singular and plural bu
by Waterluvian 1y ago
Yup. “They” has been accepted in major style guides and it’s what I use. It’s at times a bit limiting because there can be ambiguity for singular and plural but overall it’s pretty much a non-issue.
- sheiyei 1y agoImagine having a language with no issues cobbling together significant portions of vocabulary from at least 8 different languages, and then ending up with the same pronoun for plural and singular, in both the 2nd and 3rd persons...
- Ekaros 1y agoMight as well go full way and adopt also we for both singular and plural.
- olddustytrail 1y agoOr imagine dropping "thou" and using "you" for both singular and plural. Crazy!
- Waterluvian 1y agoOutrageous! How dare things keep evolving after I’m done evolving?
- readthenotes1 1y agoIt's why we have y'all
- olddustytrail 1y agoIn my area it's "youse".
- em-bee 1y agothe pluralis majestatis is really a missed opportunity.