Dragon "Rider"(drag)@lemmy.nz to Trans Memes@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 21 hours agoDrag didn't do that...lemmy.nzimagemessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down121
arrow-up125arrow-down1imageDrag didn't do that...lemmy.nzDragon "Rider"(drag)@lemmy.nz to Trans Memes@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 21 hours agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-squareSkyezOpen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·17 hours agoIf you just one for one swap you run into weird grammar. What do drag want to do? Is that right or…?
minus-squarerain_worl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·16 hours 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-squarePyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·17 hours agoPerfect (per my understanding)!
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?’
Perfect (per my understanding)!