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they don't mind (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 3 weeks ago by not_IO to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world
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[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 weeks ago

No, you dummy. The reason we use "are" with "you" is because it was originally plural. However, language is mutable and ever-changing. You is almost exclusively used as singular now, yet it keeps the plural "are". The point being, your statement that "they is" is wrong doesn't prove anything. We use the "wrong" grammar for words all the time and we don't care, until you can do it to hurt someone.

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