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

From: Phillip Susi <phill@thesusis.net>
Date: Jun 9, 2021, 18:47 UTC
Message-ID: <87czsu98ar.fsf@vps.thesusis.net>
In-Reply-To: <60be91757c6ca_db80d2086e@natae.notmuch>

Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> writes:

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> Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget wrote:
>> From: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
>> --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
>> +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
>> @@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ If you like, you can put extra tags at the end:
>>  . `Acked-by:` says that the person who is more familiar with the area
>>    the patch attempts to modify liked the patch.
>>  . `Reviewed-by:`, unlike the other tags, can only be offered by the
>> -  reviewer and means that she is completely satisfied that the patch
>> +  reviewer and means that they are completely satisfied that the patch

Say wait a minute. If that is a "singular they", then why was the "is" changed to "are"? I think that belies the fact that there is no such thing as a "singular they".