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[–] Sawzall@lemmynsfw.com -2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Not I were talking about one person...

[–] TheFinn@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 6 months ago

Do you not read much or something? I've been using both singular and plural "they" my whole life.

[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I’m well aware, it’s still a perfectly normal English sentence. “They” has been used as a singular for decades, and the recent acceptance of it in formal writing has no bearing on if it is a proper English sentence.

It would have been a proper sentence even 30 years ago.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Centuries, not decades. It predates Shakespeare.

[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago

I didn’t know the proper scope so erred on the side of caution. 😜