Madbrad200@sh.itjust.works to Shitty Food Porn@lemmy.ca · 2 years agoCrimes against breakfastssh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up12arrow-down1imageCrimes against breakfastssh.itjust.worksMadbrad200@sh.itjust.works to Shitty Food Porn@lemmy.ca · 2 years agomessage-square11linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecourval@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoThey? Who’s they? Like her whole family does that?
minus-square𝔄 𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔭𝔦𝔢𝔠𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔢𝔰𝔢@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years ago“They” can be used as a gender non-specific pronoun.
minus-squarecourval@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoThis is quite confusing at least for a non native like me… I’ve always been told ‘they’ is plural… It’s feels a bit like when megalomaniac people refer to themselves as we. Why not make a new pronoun if no other suitable singular exists?
minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoTime to improve and learn the real definition then.
They? Who’s they? Like her whole family does that?
“They” can be used as a gender non-specific pronoun.
This is quite confusing at least for a non native like me… I’ve always been told ‘they’ is plural… It’s feels a bit like when megalomaniac people refer to themselves as we. Why not make a new pronoun if no other suitable singular exists?
Time to improve and learn the real definition then.