descriptively, singular they is only grammatical with a nonspecific referent, and this is true of the uses cited as proof of grammaticality
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Replying to @riyenakshi @Outsideness
The only thing that makes any pronoun ungrammatical is ideology. There is no innate reason in language to adhere to the gender binary.
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Replying to @bAbAHAdAd @Outsideness
Actually, the only thing that makes anything grammatical or othrwise is the judgment of native speakers and jeb is right abt what most think
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Replying to @genkineko69 @Outsideness
If I was writing a science fiction novel describing an alien species who had 3 biological sexes and 6 genders, I would invent new pronouns.
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Replying to @bAbAHAdAd @Outsideness
In the ideolect and context of that story, sure. Without it, I think you'd have a hard time getting ppl to understand what ur saying
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Replying to @genkineko69 @Outsideness
There are certain groups of people who don't seem to have a hard time with it and others that do. Funny thing is how ideology correlated...
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Yes, it's funny how the people who subscribe to ideologies that are totally OK with claims of nobility are OK with demands for deference.
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Look at Nietzsche's life. You think that's what an authority on nobility looks like?
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Yes.
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How is Nietzsche better than Ben Franklin?
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