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minus-square@DomeGuylinkEnglish4•9 hours ago“they” has always been proper, it just used to be incorrectly taught agaist like split infinitives and ending a sentence with a proposition. Wikipedia dates its first usge as over 500 years ago, and complaints less than 300. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they
minus-square@ThrillhouselinkEnglish2•9 hours agoTake that one up with my English professors in University.
“they” has always been proper, it just used to be incorrectly taught agaist like split infinitives and ending a sentence with a proposition.
Wikipedia dates its first usge as over 500 years ago, and complaints less than 300.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they
Take that one up with my English professors in University.