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https-chaos · 1 year ago

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Can someone who is familiar with English grammar and they/them pronouns explain how to use them? You'd say "she does" and "he does" but "they do", if you were using the plural pronoun.

But when someone's own pronouns are they/them you're NOT using the plural (right?). If I were to correctly use the they/them pronoun would I say something like "this is Alex, they does ceramic art"? Or would you keep the verb conjugation plural for the sake of clarity, "this is Alex, they do ceramic art"?

Please don't think this is a sarcastic joke or I'm poking fun at nb people! I'm genuinely curious. I want to do it correctly even if I need to learn to use new grammar. I'm a HUGE grammar stickler generally but the plural pronoun argument is embarrassing to English nerds everywhere. I don't want to add to the problem, you know?

#nonbinary #pronouns #they/them #pronoun grammar #I'm personally insulted by people who are like 'using a plural pronoun for one person is GrAmMaTiCaLlY InCoRrEcT'#language is evolving it's changing it's fine my dude why are you so averse to learning a new word #swear some people try their hardest to learn nothing ever and just be correct indefinitely #look around you my friend there are literally wildfires in the arctic circle. (bill nye voice) the worlds on fucking fire!#how could you possibly choose this as your hill to die on. are you more attached to the status quo than you are to human dignity? fuck off #sorry I saw this argument and got annoyed so I decided I needed to make sure I was doing it right

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