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Today there is controversy among English speakers over using "they/their/theirs" in the singular, in place of "he/him/his" and "she/her/hers". Was there a similar controversy over changing from "thou/thee/thy/thine" to a singular "you/your/yours"?

by /u/ekolis in /r/AskHistorians

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