AOCapitulator [they/them, she/her]@hexbear.net to transenby_liberation@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 years agoHelp! How does grammar work! if someone is hurt you might say "he was hurt" but if they were nonbinary, would you say "they was hurt" or "they were hurt"message-squaremessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareHelp! How does grammar work! if someone is hurt you might say "he was hurt" but if they were nonbinary, would you say "they was hurt" or "they were hurt"AOCapitulator [they/them, she/her]@hexbear.net to transenby_liberation@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square2fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAntoine_St_Hexubeary [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 years agoIn standard written English I think “they were hurt” is the clear winner. Closest point of comparison I can think of is “you were hurt”, which uses the same verb form regardless of whether “you” is singular or plural.
minus-squareAOCapitulator [they/them, she/her]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoYour edit won me over
In standard written English I think “they were hurt” is the clear winner.
Closest point of comparison I can think of is “you were hurt”, which uses the same verb form regardless of whether “you” is singular or plural.
Your edit won me over