overload@sopuli.xyz to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-21 day agoWe all know grammar Nazis. What incorrect grammar are you completely in defence of?message-squaremessage-square126fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up138arrow-down1message-squareWe all know grammar Nazis. What incorrect grammar are you completely in defence of?overload@sopuli.xyz to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-21 day agomessage-square126fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarefishsayhelo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 hours agobut singular they isn’t incorrect in the least. anyone claiming otherwise has some agenda to push in spite of the facts of it’s use for a good long while
minus-squareSkyezOpen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 hours agoIt’s not, but with… Political views as they are, it’s gotten a lot of pushback. People don’t even realize they use it regularly. “Someone called for you” “What did they want?” Bam. Easy. I was stoked when magic the gathering changed card wording from “he or she” to “they” because it cleans up the wording so much.
but singular they isn’t incorrect in the least. anyone claiming otherwise has some agenda to push in spite of the facts of it’s use for a good long while
It’s not, but with… Political views as they are, it’s gotten a lot of pushback. People don’t even realize they use it regularly.
“Someone called for you”
“What did they want?”
Bam. Easy. I was stoked when magic the gathering changed card wording from “he or she” to “they” because it cleans up the wording so much.