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Comment on The singular they is actually such a natural part of the English language, the people complaining about it almost certainly use it without noticing

notreallyhere@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

it genuinely causes confusion though, someone told me “they” (a different person), were going to be there early and I was like “they’re all going to come early?!”

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rbos@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
‘You’ has a similar ambiguity, being a plural word originally, but most people muddle through that.

I do think we should bring back thee/thy/thou as singular, but whatever.

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- teft@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  This is one area where spanish is better. They have tu, vos, and usted (depending on formality) for singular you and they have ustedes and vosotros for you guys.
  
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Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Skill issue. Sounds like they need to hear it more often tbh.

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