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minus-squarejkrtn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·6 months agoPerhaps it was the English teachers who were wrong. Correct or not, people have been using it like that for a while. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they
minus-squarehenfredemars@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-26 months agoFascinating! I didn’t know there was an article about this. This use of singular they had emerged by the 14th century, about a century after the plural they. That’s more than official enough for me!
Perhaps it was the English teachers who were wrong.
Correct or not, people have been using it like that for a while.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they
Fascinating! I didn’t know there was an article about this.
That’s more than official enough for me!