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0 pointsepolanski3y ago0 comments

I'm confused about the they pronoun, isn't it plural? This pronoun thing doesn't exist in my native language.

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xena3y ago

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they for more information. It's been around since the 1300's but it's only gone into the mainstream as someone to refer to direct people fairly recently.

epolanskiOP3y ago

Thank you.

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0 pointsepolanski3y ago0 comments

I'm confused about the they pronoun, isn't it plural? This pronoun thing doesn't exist in my native language.

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xena3y ago

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they for more information. It's been around since the 1300's but it's only gone into the mainstream as someone to refer to direct people fairly recently.

epolanskiOP3y ago

Thank you.

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