r/confidentlyincorrect 16d ago

Comment Thread Singular they doesn't exist

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u/Salt_Celebration_502 16d ago

You need to be a special kind of idiot to put universities down as "unreliable sources", holy shit

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u/takeandtossivxx 16d ago

Especially when said university has been around in some form since 1096. Ya know, over 900 years ago.

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u/TheNicolasFournier 16d ago

lol they were actually around for the start of the singular use of “they” - what better source could there be?