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[http://www.mariowiki.com/index.php?title=Motley_Bossblob&diff=next&oldid=1960967 This is a perfect illustration on why singular they doesn't work]. Even though I've researched that it's now accepted by more major writing institutions, give it some time because that writing still isn't acceptable. {{User:Baby Luigi/sig}} 22:10, 18 March 2016 (EDT) | [http://www.mariowiki.com/index.php?title=Motley_Bossblob&diff=next&oldid=1960967 This is a perfect illustration on why singular they doesn't work]. Even though I've researched that it's now accepted by more major writing institutions, give it some time because that writing still isn't acceptable. {{User:Baby Luigi/sig}} 22:10, 18 March 2016 (EDT) | ||
::You still used it yourself though? You can't claim it's unacceptable and then use it yourself!? That's not an illustration of why it doesn't work, it's just the pronouns being changed, which if that was even possible would imply that they/them is indeed a singular pronoun, otherwise you wouldn't be able to change it to he/him. And again, you still used it yourself, please provide actual evidence of why it is grammatically incorrect. | ::You still used it yourself though? You can't claim it's unacceptable and then use it yourself!? That's not an illustration of why it doesn't work, it's just the pronouns being changed, which if that was even possible would imply that they/them is indeed a singular pronoun, otherwise you wouldn't be able to change it to he/him. And again, you still used it yourself, please provide actual evidence of why it is grammatically incorrect. | ||
::Informal speaking and formal writing are two entirely different things. It is generally more accepted to use "they" in the spoken sense of the word when referring to an indeterminate gendered human being, where as, formal writing is a bit more stagnant, as the pronoun-antecedents don't agree with each other, considering that "they" is a plural pronoun that simply doesn't agree with singular words such as "is" or a single person where it is describing. What I linked to is not my writing by the way, it's an edit made by an incompetent writer and it was reverted by an admin pretty quickly, with a questionable edit summary, which illustrates perfectly why using "they" in place of other alternatives (I hate he or she though, it's pretty terrible), despite being more and more accepted due to its ease of use these days, still doesn't quite fit into articles like what was demonstrated above. It's simply not right to say "Motley Bossblob tosses their blobs at you" or "You can defeat Motley by tapping them on the head". I can't explain this other than saying that is very awkward writing and just not correct. It is more accepted, but that doesn't necessarily mean I have to agree with it in its usage in formal language, in which this is what this wiki arguably uses. {{User:Baby Luigi/sig}} 20:28, 20 March 2016 (EDT) | |||
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Singular they
This is a perfect illustration on why singular they doesn't work. Even though I've researched that it's now accepted by more major writing institutions, give it some time because that writing still isn't acceptable. 
Ray Trace(T|C) 22:10, 18 March 2016 (EDT)
- You still used it yourself though? You can't claim it's unacceptable and then use it yourself!? That's not an illustration of why it doesn't work, it's just the pronouns being changed, which if that was even possible would imply that they/them is indeed a singular pronoun, otherwise you wouldn't be able to change it to he/him. And again, you still used it yourself, please provide actual evidence of why it is grammatically incorrect.
- Informal speaking and formal writing are two entirely different things. It is generally more accepted to use "they" in the spoken sense of the word when referring to an indeterminate gendered human being, where as, formal writing is a bit more stagnant, as the pronoun-antecedents don't agree with each other, considering that "they" is a plural pronoun that simply doesn't agree with singular words such as "is" or a single person where it is describing. What I linked to is not my writing by the way, it's an edit made by an incompetent writer and it was reverted by an admin pretty quickly, with a questionable edit summary, which illustrates perfectly why using "they" in place of other alternatives (I hate he or she though, it's pretty terrible), despite being more and more accepted due to its ease of use these days, still doesn't quite fit into articles like what was demonstrated above. It's simply not right to say "Motley Bossblob tosses their blobs at you" or "You can defeat Motley by tapping them on the head". I can't explain this other than saying that is very awkward writing and just not correct. It is more accepted, but that doesn't necessarily mean I have to agree with it in its usage in formal language, in which this is what this wiki arguably uses.
Ray Trace(T|C) 20:28, 20 March 2016 (EDT)
