FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 day agoThe singular they is actually such a natural part of the English language, the people complaining about it almost certainly use it without noticingmessage-squaremessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1222arrow-down18
arrow-up1214arrow-down1message-squareThe singular they is actually such a natural part of the English language, the people complaining about it almost certainly use it without noticingFreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-square🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·12 hours ago“There’s someone at the door” “what does he or she want?” -nobody
minus-squareDiddlydee@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 hours agoYou’d realistically say ‘who is it?’
minus-square🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-26 hours ago“There’s someone from the water department here” “What do they want?” If you’re going to make any statement referring to the person, using “they” is both natural and understood by anyone.
“There’s someone at the door”
“what does he or she want?” -nobody
You’d realistically say ‘who is it?’
“There’s someone from the water department here”
“What do they want?”
If you’re going to make any statement referring to the person, using “they” is both natural and understood by anyone.