Re: [PATCH 1/4] Documentation: use singular they when appropriate

From: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 9, 2021, 13:13 UTC
Message-ID: <295beb8b-37ab-dc8e-b0cb-50d3cb07d3cd@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqczswndsp.fsf@gitster.g>

On 6/8/2021 7:21 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> "Kerry, Richard" <richard.kerry@atos.net> writes:
> 
>> Or:
>>
>>     `Reviewed-by:`, unlike the other tags, can only be offered by
>>     a reviewer when they are completely satisfied with
>>     the patch.  It is offered only after reviews by
>>     reviewers who are known to be experts in the affected area by
>>     the community members.
>>
>> Sentence one uses singular they to refer to one of a pool of reviewers.  
>> In the second all items are plural.
> 
> Yeah, it reads well, I'd think.

 
I agree. Thanks!

-Stolee

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