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

• klymilark@herbicide.fallcounty.omg.lol ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It was around the 1700s, about when “you” became a singular pronoun

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  • wewbull@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    “you” isn’t a pronoun at all.

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    • klymilark@herbicide.fallcounty.omg.lol ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pronoun If wewbull is using a different definition of pronoun than Merriam-Webster (and all dictionaries), then I guess wewbull is the one who’s correct, and not Merriam Webster.

      You is a second person pronoun, it’s used in place of a proper noun. A person’s name when talking to them, in this case

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