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The FCC plans to restore Obama-era net neutrality rules (www.engadget.com)

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FCC chair Jessica Rosenworcel has announced the agency's plans to restore net neutrality protections. Previous rules, which prevented ISPs from blocking or throttling specific websites, were nixed in 2017 under the Trump administration.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No; afaik as a native speaker we use "they are". Even when using them in the singular form.

I can't do anything about your reaction. Using they as a singular word has been valid for a long time. (at least 10 years)

https://grammarist.com/usage/they/ https://www.verywellmind.com/they-them-pronouns-7110726

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

The article is dated 2023, which kind of adds to it's modern validity, so thank you for that. It does mention the use of "they are" referring to a singular person, as early as 1375. Looking into that further (off article), its use was generally only accepted when the gender of the person/animal was unknown. Regardless, I don't have an issue saying "they are" when referring to an individual (a Trans, for example). The hella annoying physical reaction is when I try to use "they is". So, follow-up question: "they are my friend" when referring to a Trans is fine? I mean, I don't have to use "they is my friend"?