Re: [PATCH v2] CodingGuidelines: recommend gender-neutral description

From: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 16, 2021, 19:05 UTC
Message-ID: <2f39c467-1d95-8f74-5e4b-6889c4352f9b@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqv95aqeyh.fsf_-_@gitster.g>

On 7/16/2021 2:41 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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>  The only change relative to the previous one is that this
>  explicitly calls out that some are taught that 'they' is only used
>  for third-person plural.  As we already say that some foreigners
>  find it ungrammatical and unnatural to use 'they', I actually do
>  not think it is necessary, but I'd prefer not to leave easy loose
>  end hanging untied, so let's close this round and let others polish
>  on top if they wanted to after the dust settls.

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> +    Note that this sounds ungrammatical and unnatural to those who
> +    learned that "they" is only used for third-person plural, e.g.
> +    those who learn English as a second language in some parts of the
> +    world.

Perfect. Thank you.

-Stolee