On 12/06/2015 2:53 AM, Walter Bright wrote:
On 6/10/2015 12:56 PM, Russel Winder via Digitalmars-d wrote:
Please note, OED (which is the definition of the English language
whatever any USA upstarts may try to pretend) is gearing up to define
"they" as both singular and plural, thus at a stroke solving all the
he/she, she/he, (s)he, it faffing.
Hmm, so instead of the documenting the language now the OED is trying to
invent it? Such cheek! :-)
Nope, singular they has existed since at least the 1600s. It was an act
of prejudice in the 1920s[1] that began its decline in usage. The
current move by the OED is to reverse that act of invention and document
actual use.
A...
[1] See Modern English Usage (3rd edition or later) [ISBN: 0-19-860263-4]
