modern english personal pronouns
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Myriad, Irregardless, and Other Words ‘Smart’ People Are Wrong About
Language is a living thing. There’s a reason “thee, thou, and thy” aren’t your pronouns, or why you probably didn’t compliment anyone by telling them they were “the bee’s knees” at any point in the last century. The way we use words evolves, and if the common usage has shifted, then it’s time to adapt…
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It’s Time to Embrace the Singular ‘They’
Grammar snobs may shudder in disgust at this idea, but it’s time to normalise the use of they/them as singular pronouns. It’s 2021; no more of this “he or she, his or her” stuff.