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I have a friend from PA who say that he refers to all people in the past tense using they/them pronouns. Is this a thing/is there writing on this?
Ex.
Talking about a friend who uses he/him pronouns.
“I hung out with them a lot in high school.”
“I haven’t talked to them for three months.”










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    Connected: Is there a correct gender-neutral singular pronoun (“his” vs. “her” vs. “their”)?

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    Specifically in the past tense? So he would say, I’m hanging out with him tomorrow because I haven’t hung out with them in ages? That sounds positively bizarre to me, and certainly not something I’ve ever seen. I may have heard it in speech, because in speech, ’em [əm ~ m̩] and him [ɪm] can be difficult to distinguish. I’m quite certain I’ve never heard anything like He’s my best friend now but they weren’t in high school, with the pronoun in subject position.

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I have a friend from PA who say that he refers to all people in the past tense using they/them pronouns. Is this a thing/is there writing on this?
Ex.
Talking about a friend who uses he/him pronouns.
“I hung out with them a lot in high school.”
“I haven’t talked to them for three months.”










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    Connected: Is there a correct gender-neutral singular pronoun (“his” vs. “her” vs. “their”)?

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    2 days ago






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    Specifically in the past tense? So he would say, I’m hanging out with him tomorrow because I haven’t hung out with them in ages? That sounds positively bizarre to me, and certainly not something I’ve ever seen. I may have heard it in speech, because in speech, ’em [əm ~ m̩] and him [ɪm] can be difficult to distinguish. I’m quite certain I’ve never heard anything like He’s my best friend now but they weren’t in high school, with the pronoun in subject position.

    – Janus Bahs Jacquet
    2 days ago














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I have a friend from PA who say that he refers to all people in the past tense using they/them pronouns. Is this a thing/is there writing on this?
Ex.
Talking about a friend who uses he/him pronouns.
“I hung out with them a lot in high school.”
“I haven’t talked to them for three months.”










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I have a friend from PA who say that he refers to all people in the past tense using they/them pronouns. Is this a thing/is there writing on this?
Ex.
Talking about a friend who uses he/him pronouns.
“I hung out with them a lot in high school.”
“I haven’t talked to them for three months.”







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  • 1





    Connected: Is there a correct gender-neutral singular pronoun (“his” vs. “her” vs. “their”)?

    – Weather Vane
    2 days ago






  • 5





    Specifically in the past tense? So he would say, I’m hanging out with him tomorrow because I haven’t hung out with them in ages? That sounds positively bizarre to me, and certainly not something I’ve ever seen. I may have heard it in speech, because in speech, ’em [əm ~ m̩] and him [ɪm] can be difficult to distinguish. I’m quite certain I’ve never heard anything like He’s my best friend now but they weren’t in high school, with the pronoun in subject position.

    – Janus Bahs Jacquet
    2 days ago














  • 1





    Connected: Is there a correct gender-neutral singular pronoun (“his” vs. “her” vs. “their”)?

    – Weather Vane
    2 days ago






  • 5





    Specifically in the past tense? So he would say, I’m hanging out with him tomorrow because I haven’t hung out with them in ages? That sounds positively bizarre to me, and certainly not something I’ve ever seen. I may have heard it in speech, because in speech, ’em [əm ~ m̩] and him [ɪm] can be difficult to distinguish. I’m quite certain I’ve never heard anything like He’s my best friend now but they weren’t in high school, with the pronoun in subject position.

    – Janus Bahs Jacquet
    2 days ago








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Connected: Is there a correct gender-neutral singular pronoun (“his” vs. “her” vs. “their”)?

– Weather Vane
2 days ago





Connected: Is there a correct gender-neutral singular pronoun (“his” vs. “her” vs. “their”)?

– Weather Vane
2 days ago




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5





Specifically in the past tense? So he would say, I’m hanging out with him tomorrow because I haven’t hung out with them in ages? That sounds positively bizarre to me, and certainly not something I’ve ever seen. I may have heard it in speech, because in speech, ’em [əm ~ m̩] and him [ɪm] can be difficult to distinguish. I’m quite certain I’ve never heard anything like He’s my best friend now but they weren’t in high school, with the pronoun in subject position.

– Janus Bahs Jacquet
2 days ago





Specifically in the past tense? So he would say, I’m hanging out with him tomorrow because I haven’t hung out with them in ages? That sounds positively bizarre to me, and certainly not something I’ve ever seen. I may have heard it in speech, because in speech, ’em [əm ~ m̩] and him [ɪm] can be difficult to distinguish. I’m quite certain I’ve never heard anything like He’s my best friend now but they weren’t in high school, with the pronoun in subject position.

– Janus Bahs Jacquet
2 days ago










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