FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 12 hours agoThe singular they is actually such a natural part of the English language, the people complaining about it almost certainly use it without noticingmessage-squaremessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1137arrow-down15
arrow-up1132arrow-down1message-squareThe singular they is actually such a natural part of the English language, the people complaining about it almost certainly use it without noticingFreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 12 hours agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-squaregeekwithsoul@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·12 hours agoAnd it goes back to at least Chaucer, so it’s been in recorded use for like six centuries. Most definitely not “new”.
And it goes back to at least Chaucer, so it’s been in recorded use for like six centuries. Most definitely not “new”.