they be stooopid and sh!t...
Posted on 03/25/2017 8:32:08 AM PDT by NoKoolAidforMe
And here I always thought when talking about a group of people, “They” was used to point out that single group. I am so glad the Ivory Tower Elites have set the world straight. lol
They is upset?
I thought this was satire.
Next they will replace words with grunts.
Newspeak
Only accidentally.
they be stooopid and sh!t...
This is not a political thing.
“They” works, linguistically when speaking of a single person for whom, nothing in the context identifies THEM other than they are a person. When the information IS NOT gender specific, but we are speaking of a single person, “they” works.
Someone saw the light turn green, and then THEY crossed the street.
The use of “they” in the singular works, IN CERTAIN CONTEXTS.
They is a bitch.
Every time I hear someone use they to refer to him/herself, I think he/she must have multiple personalities. That is the result of serious child abuse, usually sexual.
Interesting.
In my editing, I’ll let occasional singular theys by. It’s good to be sensitive to the fact that some people are offended by the generic “he”; and other constructs like “he or she,” or recasting a sentence in the plural, are often awkward. Besides, the singular they is well established in spoken English, though admittedly it looks awkward on the page. It also predates stupid made-up personal gender pronouns by decades.
The use of “they” in the singular works, IN CERTAIN CONTEXTS.
quite simply, no it doesn’t...
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