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      It was around the 1700s, right about when “you” became a singular pronoun

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          https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pronoun If wewbull is using a different definition of pronoun than Merriam-Webster (and all dictionaries), then I guess wewbull is the one who’s correct, and not Merriam Webster.

          You is a second person pronoun, it’s used in place of a proper noun. A person’s name when talking to them, in this case