[ExI] weird tangent

[SR Ballard]

Chaucer also used a singular “they”.

SR Ballard

> On Aug 13, 2020, at 2:07 PM, William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> 
> Shakespeare used 'they' and 'them' as singular.  Tell 'em that.  bill w
> 
>> On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 1:11 PM Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>> On 12/08/2020 20:37, Spike wrote:
>> > To save the useful meme, I modify it a second time and say “To all, 
>> > their own.”
>> 
>> But Spike, that doesn't work at all. It implies that everyone has the 
>> same 'own', as 'all' is collective. "To each their own" makes explicit 
>> that each person has their (his/her/its) own preference.
>> 
>> But then, I've never seen any problem with 'their' or 'they' to refer to 
>> either multiple or unspecified single individuals. I use it all the 
>> time. If anyone wants to object, well, they can, but I regard it as 
>> their own problem, not mine.
>> 
>> -- 
>> Ben Zaiboc
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