FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 days 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-square48fedilinkarrow-up1237arrow-down110
arrow-up1227arrow-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 · 3 days agomessage-square48fedilink
minus-square🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·2 days ago“There’s someone at the door” “what does he or she want?” -nobody
minus-squareDiddlydee@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·2 days agoYou’d realistically say ‘who is it?’
minus-square🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 days ago“There’s someone from the water department here” 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”
If you’re going to make any statement referring to the person, using “they” is both natural and understood by anyone.