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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] 42 points 1 year ago

Welcome to outrage politics. People decide to bring a common language feature back or into the mainstream and so the outrage gang has to get outraged