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Dr Lizardo10/03/2019 3:28:08 am PDT

re: #31 Anymouse 🌹🎃

“Singular they”: God said it, I believe it, that settles it (Goes to Language Log at the University of Pennsylvania)

This is a short article on the use of the pronoun “they” with a singular antecedent.

The important part of the article lists out all the Bible verses in the KJV and other versions which use “they” as a singular pronoun.

In English translations of the Qur’an, God always refers to himself as “We”, similar to the “royal We” that Queen Elizabeth II uses.

It’s almost an entirely obsolete style, especially in American English.