While I hate to on all of these great titles, that's what they, titles. Pronouns are words like "he," "she,' "they," "it," etc. I'm sure I'll get some hate for this, but, eh...
Oh, we know. If you can decide a pronoun describes you when you clearly aren't described by it, then you can disregard the very definition of the word pronoun.
And its it's not unprecedented. They are now making up NEW pronouns like xe, zir, etc. (wish I were joking)
Could be we're not taking it seriously like some of the students in the article.While I hate to on all of these great titles, that's what they, titles. Pronouns are words like "he," "she,' "they," "it," etc. I'm sure I'll get some hate for this, but, eh...
Oh, I'm aware of the new pronouns. Originally, at least in writing, there was a big push for "s/he" to be the norm instead of the historic general "he."
I use s/he to mean "he or she". Usually in a context where the person (singular) of whom I'm speaking could be either one, i.e. "An INGO member" or "a doctor". If both genders are represented in the group, that seems best to use a term that could include anyone.
"they" is a perfectly good singular pronoun when the gender is either not known or unimportant. It has been used for hundreds of years as such, going back to the earliest days of English. You'll find it so from the Bible to Shakespeare to Chaucer and many writers since those days.
Oh, I'm aware of the new pronouns. Originally, at least in writing, there was a big push for "s/he" to be the norm instead of the historic general "he."
I agree that the singular "they" is acceptable colloquially, but it is not "correct," grammatically speaking. I will also give you the fact that Shakespeare used it in that manner from time to time. However, without some sort of proof, I can't agree with your other two claims that Chaucer used it in that manner and that it's been used in that manner from the "earliest days of [the] English [language]." The earliest days of English date back to the 5th-7th century AD (CE for you PC peeps!). At that time, it would've been in the form we refer to as "Old English" which was largely made up of a germanic vocabulary. Chaucer wrote during the 14th century during which English had transformed from the original Old English to the version that Chaucer wrote in, "Middle English." Both Old and Middle English are vastly different from the more modern versions that Shakespeare wrote in or we speak today.
DENNY-ed!
This is probably a much better idea than most people will admit.Shut off cell phone, internet, and cable service, and watch Rome burn.
"Blow up your TV, throw away your paperThis is probably a much better idea than most people will admit.
Technology has outpaced human evolution and intelligence. We are not handling it very well.