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minus-square@SkyezOpenlink7•3 months agoIf you just one for one swap you run into weird grammar. What do drag want to do? Is that right or…?
minus-squareRain World: Slugcat Gamelink3•3 months agosame with swapping in ‘they’! i think most pronouns are singular, only ‘they’ is plural due to legacy junk, see: what does he want to do? what does drag want to do? what does the cat want to do? what do they want to do? what do the cats want to do? perhaps we should move towards singular they, eg ‘what does they want to do?’
minus-square@SkyezOpenlink7•3 months agoI mean in the instance of directly addressing the person. If you 1 for 1 swap it sounds weird (what do drag), but if you change “do” to “does” it sounds like you’re 3rd personing.
If you just one for one swap you run into weird grammar.
Is that right or…?
same with swapping in ‘they’! i think most pronouns are singular, only ‘they’ is plural due to legacy junk, see:
perhaps we should move towards singular they, eg ‘what does they want to do?’
I mean in the instance of directly addressing the person. If you 1 for 1 swap it sounds weird (what do drag), but if you change “do” to “does” it sounds like you’re 3rd personing.
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Perfect (per my understanding)!