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Pronouns (lemmy.world)

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[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 18 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Fascinating! I didn’t know there was an article about this.

This use of singular they had emerged by the 14th century, about a century after the plural they.

That’s more than official enough for me!

this post was submitted on 28 Apr 2024

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