• Harbinger01173430@lemmy.worldBannedBanned from community
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    2 years ago

    Yeah, if I recall the English classes from my language institute, They is only plural and the X cannot be used to neutralize masculine/feminine nouns.

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      2 years ago

      Right. And at the same time, language is an evolving practice. New words are created all the time. Maybe, this issue was worth it to change the rules.

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      2 years ago

      Why did they teach you this. Your singular teacher. What were they thinking?

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        It was like, one different teacher per every two months during a total of 16 months. It was the same in British english