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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Madbrad200@sh.itjust.works to c/shittyfoodporn@lemmy.ca
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[–] zakobjoa@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago (2 children)

"They" can be used as a gender non-specific pronoun.

[–] courval@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (4 children)

This is quite confusing at least for a non native like me.. I've always been told 'they' is plural.. It's feels a bit like when megalomaniac people refer to themselves as we. Why not make a new pronoun if no other suitable singular exists?

[–] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 17 points 11 months ago

Because English got simplified at various points in history. We've lost thee and thou and thy.

As awkward as singular they might seem, it's so old that Shakespeare used it.

[–] RizzoTheSmall@lemm.ee 8 points 11 months ago

Well, now you know better.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 7 points 11 months ago

Time to improve and learn the real definition then.

[–] brisk@aussie.zone 5 points 11 months ago

If it helps to relate it to something else, "you" also has plural grammar but can refer to a singular.

[–] embed_me@programming.dev 0 points 11 months ago

Although in this case it could be either singular or plural