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Singular they rule (pawb.social)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"all of them"

"them all"

We can adapt.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yep agreed, the point was that people will tend towards the shorter "them" first, which may cause some initial confusion followed shortly with a "oh I meant them (singular)/ all of them". Again thats really the only real " issue if you can call it that even to using the singular "they"