If special1intere5t is misusing “they” at home, she’s contributing to her child’s confusion, but come to think of it, the first “They” in her comment was confusing to readers:
My eldest child (who is ASD) - was caught up in the whole trans cult - is starting to come out of it and is beginning to wake up to the truth of what has been happening for years. They are starting to back away”
The most recent people mentioned before the pronoun “They” were the “whole trans cult”, so the interpretation is that ‘The whole trans cult are starting to back away’. Of course with continued reading and gathering more context, readers can figure that special1ntere5t meant, ‘The child is starting to back away’, but why not save the bother of gathering more context with which to decipher and just write ‘the child’, ‘he’, or ‘she’? Also, notice that it’s not just the pronoun that is imprecise. The verb is wrong, too; using “are” where it should be ‘is’. If “singular they” really is acceptable, then the phrase should be ‘They is starting to back away’. It would be consistent with the previous uses of “is” in the quote.
Prescriptive grammarians have convinced you that 'they' and 'them' are only plural forms.“
Yes, I suppose I was informed by a chart of first, second, and third person singular and plural pronouns and possessives. I appreciated the clarity, and I hope my previous section helps you see its usefulness also. I was further convinced when learning a foreign language and seeing its version of the third person plural pronoun translated into English as “they”. Just because “they” has been misused in English for a long time doesn’t mean it’s not misuse.
When it's used to coddle that illness, IMO that's misuse of singular they.”
Well, that’s how special1intere5t was using it. I called it out, and then you came at me with your “fun facts”, feigning ignorance of how “singular they” has become a woke shibboleth. So again, what is your objective?
If special1intere5t is misusing “they” at home, she’s contributing to her child’s confusion, but come to think of it, the first “They” in her comment was confusing to readers:
My eldest child (who is ASD) - was caught up in the whole trans cult - is starting to come out of it and is beginning to wake up to the truth of what has been happening for years. They are starting to back away”
The most recent people mentioned before the pronoun “They” were the “whole trans cult”, so the interpretation is that ‘The whole trans cult are starting to back away’. Of course with continued reading and gathering more context, readers can figure that special1ntere5t meant, ‘The child is starting to back away’, but why not save the bother of gathering more context with which to decipher and just write ‘the child’, ‘he’, or ‘she’? Also, notice that it’s not just the pronoun that is imprecise. The verb is wrong, too; using “are” where it should be ‘is’. If “singular they” really is acceptable, then the phrase should be “They is starting to back away”. It would be consistent with the previous uses of “is” in the quote.
Prescriptive grammarians have convinced you that 'they' and 'them' are only plural forms.“
Yes, I suppose I was informed by a chart of first, second, and third person singular and plural pronouns and possessives. I appreciated the clarity, and I hope my previous section helps you see its usefulness also. I was further convinced when learning a foreign language and seeing its version of the third person plural pronoun translated into English as “they”. Just because “they” has been misused in English for a long time doesn’t mean it’s not misuse.
When it's used to coddle that illness, IMO that's misuse of singular they.”
Well, that’s how special1intere5t was using it. I called it out, and then you came at me with your “fun facts”, feigning ignorance of how “singular they” has become a woke shibboleth. So again, what is your objective?
If special1intere5t is misusing “they” at home, she’s contributing to her child’s confusion, but come to think of it, the first “They” in her comment was confusing to readers:
My eldest child (who is ASD) - was caught up in the whole trans cult - is starting to come out of it and is beginning to wake up to the truth of what has been happening for years. They are starting to back away”
The most recent people mentioned before the pronoun “They” were the “whole trans cult”, so the interpretation is that ‘The whole trans cult are starting to back away.’ Of course with continued reading and gathering more context, readers can figure that special1ntere5t meant, ‘The child is starting to back away’, but why not save the bother of gathering more context with which to decipher and just write ‘the child’, ‘he’, or ‘she’? Also, notice that it’s not just the pronoun that is imprecise. The verb is wrong, too; using “are” where it should be ‘is’. If “singular they” really is acceptable, then the phrase should be “They is starting to back away”. It would be consistent with the previous uses of “is” in the quote.
Prescriptive grammarians have convinced you that 'they' and 'them' are only plural forms.“
Yes, I suppose I was informed by a chart of first, second, and third person singular and plural pronouns and possessives. I appreciated the clarity, and I hope my previous section helps you see its usefulness also. I was further convinced when learning a foreign language and seeing its version of the third person plural pronoun translated into English as “they”. Just because “they” has been misused in English for a long time doesn’t mean it’s not misuse.
When it's used to coddle that illness, IMO that's misuse of singular they.”
Well, that’s how special1intere5t was using it. I called it out, and then you came at me with your “fun facts”, feigning ignorance of how “singular they” has become a woke shibboleth. So again, what is your objective?
If special1intere5t is misusing “they” at home, she’s contributing to her child’s confusion, but come to think of it, the first “They” in her comment was confusing to readers:
My eldest child (who is ASD) - was caught up in the whole trans cult - is starting to come out of it and is beginning to wake up to the truth of what has been happening for years. They are starting to back away”
The most recent people mentioned before the pronoun “They” were the “whole trans cult”, so the interpretation is that ‘The whole trans cult are starting to back away.’ Of course with continued reading and gathering more context, readers can figure that special1ntere5t meant, ‘The child is starting to back away’, but why not save the bother of gathering more context with which to decipher and just write “the child”, “he”, or “she”? Also, notice that it’s not just the pronoun that is imprecise. The verb is wrong, too; using “are” where it should be ‘is’. If “singular they” really is acceptable, then the phrase should be “They is starting to back away.” It would be consistent with the previous uses of “is” in the quote.
Prescriptive grammarians have convinced you that 'they' and 'them' are only plural forms.“
Yes, I suppose I was informed by a chart of first, second, and third person singular and plural pronouns and possessives. I appreciated the clarity, and I hope my previous section helps you see its usefulness also. I was further convinced when learning a foreign language and seeing its version of the third person plural pronoun translated into English as “they”. Just because “they” has been misused in English for a long time doesn’t mean it’s not misuse.
When it's used to coddle that illness, IMO that's misuse of singular they.”
Well, that’s how special1intere5t was using it. I called it out, and then you came at me with your “fun facts”, feigning ignorance of how “singular they” has become a woke shibboleth. So again, what is your objective?