20-754: Not to be confused with Theirs . [REDACTED] Look up thiers in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Thiers is a French place name and surname, with the variants Thier and Tier . It may refer to: People [ edit ] Adolphe Thiers (1797–1877), French statesman and historian Emiel Thiers [ nl ] , co-founder of Verdinaso Harry D. Thiers (1919–2000), American mycologist Jean du Thiers (died 1559), French Minister of Finance under Henri II Louisa Thiers (1814–1926), American supercentenarian Manfred Thiers, bassist for Moti Special Saint Stephen of Thiers , medieval Saint of
40-479: A French soccer team Thiers Coal Mine, Bruay-sur-l'Escaut , Nord, France Thiers' law ( good money drives out bad ) Thiers wall , a defensive wall in Paris See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Search for "thiers" on Misplaced Pages. All pages with titles beginning with Thiers All pages with titles containing Thiers Tiers (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
60-444: A consequence they has been used for this purpose for over 600 years." They can appear as a subject , object , determiner or predicative complement . The reflexive form also appears as an adjunct . Pronouns rarely take dependents , but it is possible for they to have many of the same kind of dependents as other noun phrases . Plural they 's referents can be anything, including persons, as long as it does not include
80-433: Is a use of they as an epicene (gender-neutral) pronoun for a singular referent . In this usage, they follows plural agreement rules ( they are , not * they is ), but the semantic reference is singular. Unlike plural they , singular they is only used for people . For this reason, it could be considered to have personal gender . Some people refuse to use the epicene pronoun they when referring to individuals on
100-434: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Theirs In Modern English , they is a third-person pronoun relating to a grammatical subject . In Standard Modern English, they has five distinct word forms : Old English had a single third-person pronoun hē , which had both singular and plural forms, and they wasn't among them. In or about
120-458: Is used for more purposes than any other language". Its large number of speakers, plus its worldwide presence, have made English a common language (lingua franca) "of the airlines, of the sea and shipping, of computer technology, of science and indeed of (global) communication generally". Modern English evolved from Early Modern English which was used from the beginning of the Tudor period until
140-585: The Ethnologue , there are almost one billion speakers of English as a first or second language. English is spoken as a first or a second language in many countries, with most native speakers being in the United States , the United Kingdom , Australia , Canada , New Zealand and Ireland . It "has more non-native speakers than any other language, is more widely dispersed around the world and
160-845: The Great Vowel Shift in England , which began in the late 14th century and was completed by the 17th century . With some differences in vocabulary, texts which date from the early 17th century, such as the works of William Shakespeare and the King James Bible , are considered Modern English texts, or more specifically, they are referred to as texts which were written in Early Modern English or they are referred to as texts which were written in Elizabethan English. Through colonization , English
180-592: The Interregnum and Stuart Restoration in England. By the late 18th century, the British Empire had facilitated the spread of Modern English through its colonies and geopolitical dominance. Commerce, science and technology, diplomacy, art, and formal education all contributed to English becoming the first truly global language. Modern English also facilitated worldwide international communication. English
200-547: The th - form has been adopted in London for the subject case only, whereas the oblique cases remain in their native form ( hem , here < OE heom , heora ). At the same period (and indeed before), Scots texts, such as Barbour's Bruce, have the th - form in all cases. The development in Middle English is shown in the following table. At the final stage, it had reached its modern form. Singular they
220-670: The Roman Catholic Church Variants [ edit ] Samuel O. Thier (born 1937), American medical professor Steffen Thier (born 1980), German rugby union player Henry de Thier or Henri Dumont (1610–1684), baroque composer Floris De Tier (born 1992), Belgian racing cyclist Kai Tier , Australian comedian and actor Nancy Hopkins Tier (1909–1997), American aviator Nigel Tier (born 1958), English badminton player Places in France [ edit ] Canton of Thiers , Puy-de-Dôme, in
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#1732765048255240-585: The basis that it is primarily a plural pronoun instead of a singular pronoun. However, the online edition of the Oxford English Dictionary records usage of they "referring to an individual generically or indefinitely", with examples dating to 2008–2009. In December 2019, Merriam-Webster chose singular they as word of the year. The word was chosen because "English famously lacks a gender-neutral singular pronoun to correspond neatly with singular pronouns like everyone or someone, and as
260-671: The course of the 20th century. Note, however, that these are generalizations, and some of these may not be true for specific dialects: Up until the American–British split (1600–1725), some major phonological changes in English included: After the American-British split , further changes to English phonology included: Changes in alphabet and spelling were heavily influenced by the advent of printing and continental printing practices. Consequently, Modern English came to use
280-531: The eponymous arrondissement Arrondissement of Thiers , Puy-de-Dôme Thiers, Puy-de-Dôme , a commune in the eponymous canton Thiers, Marseille , neighbourhood of the 1st arrondissement of Marseille Thiers-sur-Thève , a commune in the Oise department Other uses [ edit ] President Thiers Bank , a bank and seamount near Rapa Iti in French Polynesia SA Thiers ,
300-498: The left", or " They 're putting in a new restaurant across the street." It often refers to the authorities, or to some perceived powerful group, sometimes sinister: " They don't want the public to know the whole truth." Modern English Modern English , sometimes called New English ( NE ) or present-day English ( PDE ) as opposed to Middle and Old English , is the form of the English language that has been spoken since
320-530: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Thiers . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thiers&oldid=1219522611 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists French-language surnames Hidden categories: Short description
340-466: The speaker (which would require we ) or the addressee(s) (which would require you ). Singular they can only refer to individual persons. Until the end of the 20th century, this was limited to those whose gender is unknown (e.g., "Someone's here. I wonder what they want"; "That person over there seems to be waving their hands at us."). The pronoun they can also be used to refer to an unspecified group of people, as in "In Japan they drive on
360-481: The start of the 13th century, they was imported from a Scandinavian source ( Old Norse þeir , Old Danish , Old Swedish þer , þair ), in which it was a masculine plural demonstrative pronoun. It comes from Proto-Germanic * thai , nominative plural pronoun, from PIE * to -, demonstrative pronoun. According to The Cambridge History of the English Language : By Chaucer 's time
380-636: Was adopted in North America, India, parts of Africa, Australia, and many other regions. In the post-colonial period, some newly created nations that had multiple indigenous languages opted to continue using Modern English as the official language to avoid the political difficulties inherent in promoting one indigenous language above another. The following is an outline of the major changes in Modern English compared to its previous form (Middle English), and also some major changes in English over
400-792: Was adopted in many regions of the world by the British Empire , such as Anglo-America , the Indian subcontinent , Africa , Australia and New Zealand . Modern English has many dialects spoken in many countries throughout the world, sometimes collectively referred to as the English-speaking world . These dialects include (but are not limited to) American , Australian , British (containing Anglo-English , Scottish English and Welsh English ), Canadian , New Zealand , Caribbean , Hiberno-English (including Ulster English ), Indian , Sri Lankan , Pakistani , Nigerian , Philippine , Singaporean , and South African English . According to
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