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@Tossino
Tue, Feb 4, 2020 2:25 PM
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[School] My teachers are as a general rule not quite on board with my use of the singular 'they'.
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@mutedtempest
Tue, Feb 4, 2020 2:46 PM
I find many don't seem to be. I've taken to going by "ye" in Ireland since it's the colloquial form of "you" lol
sentient gate
@mutedtempest
Tue, Feb 4, 2020 2:46 PM
not exactly the same, but seems to throw them off a little less
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@Yzaksama
Tue, Feb 4, 2020 6:38 PM
Why not?
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@Tossino
Tue, Feb 4, 2020 6:38 PM
I'm not sure they understand that it's even a thing?
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@Tossino
Tue, Feb 4, 2020 6:38 PM
Not all of them, anyway.
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@Tossino
Tue, Feb 4, 2020 6:39 PM
Which confuses me bc they're all supposed to be English scholars.
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@Tossino
Tue, Feb 4, 2020 6:39 PM
I got comments on this one report I wrote today and he underlined every time I used the singular 'they' and seemed confused that I didn't actually mean there were several people.
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@Tossino
Tue, Feb 4, 2020 6:39 PM
I just wanted to omit gender from it for anonymity.
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@Yzaksama
Tue, Feb 4, 2020 6:40 PM
How .... old are they?
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@Yzaksama
Tue, Feb 4, 2020 6:41 PM
Omg. I have used singular they in uni stuff before and everyone got it
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@Yzaksama
Tue, Feb 4, 2020 6:42 PM
maybe one could add a footnote when using it first ... with an explanation?
doesn't help with your personal usage tho
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@Tossino
Tue, Feb 4, 2020 6:45 PM
No idea how old he is.
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@Tossino
Tue, Feb 4, 2020 6:46 PM
But everyone's always saying that he's so intelligent and knowledgeable so I'm surprised he didn't seem to catch it.
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@Yzaksama
Tue, Feb 4, 2020 6:55 PM
... well maybe he doesn't quite live up to his reputation
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@Tossino
Tue, Feb 4, 2020 6:56 PM
I feel like that's a bit extreme lmao.
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@Yzaksama
Tue, Feb 4, 2020 6:57 PM
the footnote or the reputation? xD
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@Tossino
Tue, Feb 4, 2020 6:59 PM
The reputation.
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@starrot
Tue, Feb 4, 2020 7:23 PM
modern English says they = plural, that's what "scholars" all use. you could try using "one"? since it's gender neutral and viewed as "correct"
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@Tossino
Tue, Feb 4, 2020 7:24 PM
Mmmm I don't feel like that works in the same context.
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@Tossino
Tue, Feb 4, 2020 7:24 PM
But yeah maybe.
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@monochromic
Tue, Feb 4, 2020 7:28 PM
Modern English def still uses singular they even in a scholar context, there's just a loud contingent of prescriptivists who insist it's Wrong but honestly prescriptivists will insist a lot of things are wrong
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@monochromic
Tue, Feb 4, 2020 7:30 PM
The APA recently affirmed use of singular they in academic texts if u'd like a concrete backing for its acceptability.
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@Tossino
Tue, Feb 4, 2020 7:32 PM
Excellent ty.
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@Tossino
Tue, Feb 4, 2020 7:33 PM
No one has outright protested it tbh. This teacher just seemed genuinely confused.
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@monochromic
Tue, Feb 4, 2020 7:33 PM
Are they ESL academic scholars? Like, swedish folks who studied english rather than english natives who studied english
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@Mosasaurus
Tue, Feb 4, 2020 7:42 PM
Even Shakespeare and Chaucer used the singular they.
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@Yzaksama
Tue, Feb 4, 2020 7:44 PM
I am very sure I have read more than a few scientific texts that have used it
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@Tossino
Tue, Feb 4, 2020 7:47 PM
Oh, yes, he's ESL. So there's that.
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@Tossino
Tue, Feb 4, 2020 7:47 PM
Hence me thinking it's genuine confusion.
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@Tossino
Tue, Feb 4, 2020 7:47 PM
Not Swedish tho.
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@monochromic
Tue, Feb 4, 2020 7:50 PM
YEAH I was thinking if he's ESL and had no reason to look up singular they usage, he might've just been thrown be the vocal pushback to it as being correct
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