• tamagotchicowboy [he/him]
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    2 hours ago

    Even my super chud 6th grade English teacher was always mentioning that 'Shakesphere used they with singular antecedents' and he was apparently the father of modern English in her eyes, so the conversation ended, there was no debate.

    • FunkYankkkees [they/them, pup/pup's]M
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      2 hours ago

      In my experience the "singular they is grammatically incorrect" mistake is often from people who learned english as a second language, like myself. A significant part of this is because most ESL teachers are frankly not good at teaching

    • iByteABit [comrade/them]
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      edit-2
      4 hours ago

      Chuds when it finally clicks that they too have had pronouns all along

      CW: suicide

      wojak-nooo gun-hubris

      • TheLepidopterists [he/him]
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        4 hours ago

        Chud who picks none/use name because he thought the other chuds genuinely hate pronouns and he remembers the parts of speech from school.