Merriam-Webster defines “they” as singular pronoun

*Merriam-Webster announces end of grammar, beginning of complete nationwide mental illness and support for Trump 2020

Fixed it.

^see?

Might as well just get rid of the English language.

"They" is plural regardless of what Merriam-Webster says.

“You” was originally plural only.

Wtf does being called “they” as a pronoun even mean? You have a cock or a cunt. That’s your gender.

“They is going to be here in ten minutes.”

Is more than one theys?

I need to burn my University Degrees..............this is a descent into idiocracy.......

People have been using "they" as a singular pronoun for a while now. . not even because of trans people but because it's easier than saying "he or she"

They just chopped they’s cock off and got a new cunt drilled in by they’s doctor.

r10...........my totally uneducated workplace buddies also constantly misuse the verb form "be".......he be, she be, they be.......and so on..............and all of it is still wrong......and always will "be"................. Always is an exceedingly long time.

R12 sounds like they be a caramel or milk chocolate flavor.

r12...........exactly, bingo

We won !

Words are fucking made up. They only mean what we agree on them meaning. They change meaning over time. Language changes. ALL THE TIME. Get the fuck over it.

Virtue signaling one’s wokeness is more important than creating an accurate dictionary, evidently.

Uh oh, now you've done it. You used "virtue signalling" and "woke" in the same sentence!

This is like when THEY tried to make Ebonics an official language to be taught in schools.

[quote]Words are fucking made up. They only mean what we agree on them meaning.

Well, WE doesn't agree that THEY is singular.

r10, no they hasn't.

[quote]it's easier than saying "he or she"

No, it aren't. Unless you is stupid.

People have been using a singular they since the 1300s.

[quote]Much has been written on they, and we aren’t going to attempt to cover it here. We will note that they has been in consistent use as a singular pronoun since the late 1300s; that the development of singular they mirrors the development of the singular you from the plural you, yet we don’t complain that singular you is ungrammatical; and that regardless of what detractors say, nearly everyone uses the singular they in casual conversation and often in formal writing.

Why can’t we have words like “ze or zi” these non-binary people? And “zee or zie” can be the plural to refer to more than one or a group of non-binary people.

“They” is plural and does not mean a singular person.

R24 We had words like ze or zi. No one used it.

[quote]Might as well just get rid of the English language.

Get off the cross, Mary.

"They" has been used as a singular pronoun since the 1300s, idiots. Read a book or get your GED or something.

And singular "they" is well established in formal writing, from Shakespeare to Emily Dickinson.

If it’s a singular pronoun, why does it still take a plural verb? I guess the singular “you” set the precedent. “Thou art” became “you are.”

that's a man maury

R25. I believe that people would use “ze or zi”now. When those words were first introduced several years ago, they were ahead of their time. But now that non-binary people are more common and much more a part of society’s consciousness, acceptance for non-binary pronouns would be easier.

ZE!! ZE!! ZEE!!

Why else would everyone be pretending that the usage of ‘they’ for an actual singular person is standard and very common if not to signal their virtue? Wanting to publicly signal that you’re on “the right side of history” is the definition of being woke.

I don’t think what you’re talking about extends to grammar, r32

[quote]Why else would everyone be pretending that the usage of ‘they’ for an actual singular person is standard and very common if not to signal their virtue?

Actually, it's mostly to "signal" their erudition rather than their "virtue," since this is, in fact, standard and has been so for quite some time.

Your ignorance of this is not our, or Merriam-Webster's, problem.

I swear this generation is run by morons and retarded old asses who believe them

Does this mean "You can fuck me" is now "They can fuck me?" Sure sounds like more fun.

The ignorant are attempting to prevail, but it won't happen.

I just read an article written with they and it was unreadable. Grammar is dead.

Are we supposed to say "they is" or "they are" when using 'they' for one person?

Good question R39

Inclusion in a dictionary doesn't mean it's grammatically correct. iI just means its usage exists.

"Ain't" is also in the dictionary, after all.

Enough idiots idiot it that it got in via "alternate acceptable usage." Idiots love nothing more than to idiot.

R39, you follow the same pattern as the plural "you."

R41, this has been "grammatically correct" for centuries. Your attempt to pretend otherwise simply demonstrates your ignorance.