• superguy@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    What if they think men and women should be referred to by different pronouns?

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      1 year ago

      I think you mean “what if the men and women think men and women should be referred to by different pronouns”. Can’t use “they” any more, remember.

      But everyone is free to think whatever they want, so long as they don’t go around telling other people how to live their lives when it’s not hurting anyone.

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        1 year ago

        No, you can still use they when referring to multiple people or those of unknown sex.

        Might want to brush up on your English if this is news to you.

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          1 year ago

          They is grammatically correct for a single person so I’m not even kind of sure what you mean here

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            1 year ago

            I never said it was incorrect. The problem is forcing people to use ‘they’ when they’d rather use he or she.