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minus-squaredustyData@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·2 年前Singular they has existed in English before the times of Shakespeare. It’s not a fad. It’s a bloody grammatical reality.
minus-squareAlpacaChariot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 年前Context matters. Sometimes it’s confusing!
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-22 年前Singular they has also always been used when the person is unidentified. “Somebody left their umbrella here!” It’s when the person is identified that it feels awkward at first for us Gen Xers and older in particular.
Singular they has existed in English before the times of Shakespeare. It’s not a fad. It’s a bloody grammatical reality.
Context matters. Sometimes it’s confusing!
Singular they has also always been used when the person is unidentified. “Somebody left their umbrella here!” It’s when the person is identified that it feels awkward at first for us Gen Xers and older in particular.