phooky on Nostr: Grammar question! I often use "they" as a gender neutral singular pronoun, but treat ...
Grammar question! I often use "they" as a gender neutral singular pronoun, but treat it as plural for noun/verb agreement. For example, "he eats/she eats/they eat". Is this correct? Since "they" is ambiguous as to quantity, am I dropping useful grammatical information by not using the weird-sounding "they eats"? (Don't tell me I'm overthinking it, that much I already know.) Particularly interested in takes from people who use they/them.
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