From: Phillip Susi Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2021 18:47:02 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] Documentation: use singular they when appropriate Message-ID: <87czsu98ar.fsf@vps.thesusis.net> In-Reply-To: <60be91757c6ca_db80d2086e@natae.notmuch> Felipe Contreras writes: > Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget wrote: >> From: Derrick Stolee >> --- 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".