FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 15 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-square50linkfedilinkarrow-up1256
arrow-up1256message-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 · 15 days agomessage-square50linkfedilink
minus-squareDiddlydee@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·14 days agoYou’d realistically say ‘who is it?’
minus-square🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·edit-214 days 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.
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.