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Maybe dumb question but when we’re talking about a person who uses they/them in the past tense do we use was or were? Like, “they *were* a librarian for awhile” or is it “they *was* a librarian”? Were is plural and unless a person is a system they’re not plural… but “was” doesn’t seem right either. Am I overthinking things? English is weird lol
@smileodonicthys I think this is kind of a preference thing. I've known people to prefer "was" because it's more technically correct, I would prefer "were" because it's more natural
@smileodonicthys Personally prefer 'were' for ease of understanding.
@glencoe that seems to be the consensus 