overload@sopuli.xyz to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-29 days agoWe all know grammar Nazis. What incorrect grammar are you completely in defence of?message-squaremessage-square134fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWe all know grammar Nazis. What incorrect grammar are you completely in defence of?overload@sopuli.xyz to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-29 days agomessage-square134fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarefishsayhelo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 days agobut singular they isn’t incorrect in the least. anyone claiming otherwise has some agenda to push in spite of the facts of it’s use for a good long while
minus-squareSkyezOpen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 days agoIt’s not, but with… Political views as they are, it’s gotten a lot of pushback. People don’t even realize they use it regularly. “Someone called for you” “What did they want?” Bam. Easy. I was stoked when magic the gathering changed card wording from “he or she” to “they” because it cleans up the wording so much.
minus-squarepatatahooligan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 days ago Political views as they are, it’s gotten a lot of pushback Yeah, the comment above mixed up grammar nazis with actual nazis I guess.
but singular they isn’t incorrect in the least. anyone claiming otherwise has some agenda to push in spite of the facts of it’s use for a good long while
It’s not, but with… Political views as they are, it’s gotten a lot of pushback. People don’t even realize they use it regularly.
“Someone called for you”
“What did they want?”
Bam. Easy. I was stoked when magic the gathering changed card wording from “he or she” to “they” because it cleans up the wording so much.
Yeah, the comment above mixed up grammar nazis with actual nazis I guess.