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inopinatus01/22/2025

I’ve been writing they to refer to individuals in the third person for five decades. Usage of they as a neutral singular pronoun began in the 14th century. Stercus alibi iace, outrage monkey.

oharapj01/22/2025

It's so funny how outrage poisoned partisans have such crushing issues with pronouns. The word 'They' has been used to refer to individuals for hundreds of years. Get a life

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oneeyedpigeon01/22/2025

Ok, and in this case, those pronouns are...?

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