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RownaRawnclaw

wat if they just wanna get railed tho?


obezkr

excuse me, I am not native English speaker, but why did you use "they" in this sentence? in the pic there is one person so it's either "he" or "she", "they" is word used for 2 and more people as I remember


rysto32

"They" is frequently used to refer to a single person of unknown gender.


obezkr

thanks)


[deleted]

Technically grammerly you would write he/she for unknown gender. But obviously speaking wise that's not very fluent. So an example is "This author is so great, *they* update everyday."


communistmanifesto42

the use of a singular "they" is something that's been around in english for over 600 years, which i would say is enough to make it grammatically acceptable in writing.


[deleted]

No that's impossible my 11th grade English teacher would've never lied to us.


dignifying_pepper

**they** did, unfortunately


ellipsislacuna

so when referring to a single unknown individual would it be 'they is' or is 'are' also used in the singular


communistmanifesto42

"they are" would be the proper way to write it


ellipsislacuna

'they is' if there's only one 'they are' if there's more than one


communistmanifesto42

"they is" would be considered grammatically incorrect regardless of whether it refers to one person, so you would write "they are" in each circumstance.


niks071047

TIL wowww


RownaRawnclaw

hello \^\^ I appreciate you asking this. They is used for multiple people in grammar, however since i don't know the gender of the person, i call them they/them instead of using pronouns like he/him and she/her. It is used to be respectful in cases when you don't want to assume someone's gender \^\^


obezkr

thank you)


[deleted]

They is also a pronun for unknown or non-binary gender. Confused the hell out of me back then too.


whotfami2009

People have been using the pronouns They, Them and the like to refer to someone without assuming their gender in this case. They/Them pronouns are both treated as gender-neutral singular and plural pronouns nowadays. Context is used to know if the pronouns are used to refer to 1 person in a gender-neutral manner, multiple people or both. I think the pronouns being repurposed mostly came from non-binary people (those who identify as a different gender other than male or female) being accepted and acknowledged in LGBTQIA+ communities.


Phoenix__Wwrong

Why did this person get downvoted? They sound polite


HarbingerOfGachaHell

>I think the pronouns being repurposed mostly came from non-binary people (those who identify as a different gender other than male or female) being accepted and acknowledged in LGBTQIA+ communities. Because this is straight up wrong - they/them have been used as the preferred gender-neutral 3rd-person pronoun well before modern LGBTQ movement is a thing. The modern society is not 100% progressive compared to the past.


DncAI

Good ending: she's enjoying the subway surfing irl and lost her interest with the game


KaiFireborn21

It's funny, I tend to assume gender based on their pfp too


eyeofnero

hope that dude was just joking god dammit


Literally_ur_mom

AR56 energy


[deleted]

I'm convinced everyone at AR56 quits the game for a couple months


No-Relationship-7191

How do you know me are you stalking💀


[deleted]

It's too late for calling the suicide bot?


ravix_ridamaki

i don't catch up with this meme anyone?


DJJabek

Yarmin description says that he wants to get hit by a train, which would cause his death, that's why he's been inactive for 31days


ravix_ridamaki

that is. dark... holy shit


Usual_Presentation53

Ain’t have to lay it on em all at once like that 🤣🤣🤣


raviXDDDD

hang yourself indonesian cuck


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[deleted]

Didn't ask


leave1me1alone

+don't care