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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (4 children)

This is quite confusing at least for a non native like me.. I've always been told 'they' is plural.. It's feels a bit like when megalomaniac people refer to themselves as we. Why not make a new pronoun if no other suitable singular exists?

[–] AlligatorBlizzard 17 points 2 months ago

Because English got simplified at various points in history. We've lost thee and thou and thy.

As awkward as singular they might seem, it's so old that Shakespeare used it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

Well, now you know better.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Time to improve and learn the real definition then.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

If it helps to relate it to something else, "you" also has plural grammar but can refer to a singular.