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-squarehenfredemars@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·12 hours agoI wish my English teachers didn’t beat me up so hard (figuratively) as incorrect use of ‘they’ when it has a long history of usage in the singular.
minus-squareFreshParsnip@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·12 hours agoI’m really curious as to how singular they started being taught as incorrect. I really don’t think it was originally intended to be transphobic.
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 hours agoI imagine it was fashionable at some point in the last six centuries.
I wish my English teachers didn’t beat me up so hard (figuratively) as incorrect use of ‘they’ when it has a long history of usage in the singular.
I’m really curious as to how singular they started being taught as incorrect. I really don’t think it was originally intended to be transphobic.
I imagine it was fashionable at some point in the last six centuries.