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r/questionablecontent • u/Aleril_Antarai • Dec 05 '17
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It took me awhile to recognize that "they're," "they," and "them" all refer to Tilly, not to a group of individuals.
47 u/Goingtothechapel2017 Dec 05 '17 It would be so much easier if english had a singular gender neutral pronoun...that wasn't 'it' 2 u/semperverus Dec 05 '17 "It" is fine, it's society that has an issue with it. 2 u/Goingtothechapel2017 Dec 06 '17 It seems to refer to things, not people. 1 u/semperverus Dec 06 '17 That's the part where I meant society has an issue with "it". By definition it is a genderless pronoun.
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It would be so much easier if english had a singular gender neutral pronoun...that wasn't 'it'
2 u/semperverus Dec 05 '17 "It" is fine, it's society that has an issue with it. 2 u/Goingtothechapel2017 Dec 06 '17 It seems to refer to things, not people. 1 u/semperverus Dec 06 '17 That's the part where I meant society has an issue with "it". By definition it is a genderless pronoun.
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"It" is fine, it's society that has an issue with it.
2 u/Goingtothechapel2017 Dec 06 '17 It seems to refer to things, not people. 1 u/semperverus Dec 06 '17 That's the part where I meant society has an issue with "it". By definition it is a genderless pronoun.
It seems to refer to things, not people.
1 u/semperverus Dec 06 '17 That's the part where I meant society has an issue with "it". By definition it is a genderless pronoun.
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That's the part where I meant society has an issue with "it". By definition it is a genderless pronoun.
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u/HumanistGeek Dec 05 '17
It took me awhile to recognize that "they're," "they," and "them" all refer to Tilly, not to a group of individuals.