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Singular they rule (pawb.social)

submitted 2 years ago by FlowerTree@pawb.social to c/196

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Panel 1: A person with the text "Singular 'they'" written on them smiling with open arms.
Panel 2: "Singular 'They'" beaten up by others who said, "Singular they is ungrammatical. It's too confusing," "How can anyone use plural pronouns for singular," and "Every pronoun should only have one purpose."
Panel 3: "You" hiding from the mob who was beating "Singular 'They'"
Panel 4: "German 'Sie'" hiding with even more fear next to "You"

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[-] randint@feddit.nl 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

thankfully Chinese has always had a singular they, "他."

for your convenience:

我: I, 我們: we
你: you, 妳: feminine you, 你們: plural you
他: he or sing. they, 她: she, 他們 plural they

by the way, 他 used to be he, she, or sing. they. the usage of 她 as she and 妳 as you (for females) is relatively recent. even now, you could replace all the ones with a "女" on its left with its "亻" counterpart and no one will say a thing. they are also pronounced identically.

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