On 6/9/2021 2:47 PM, Phillip Susi wrote: > > Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget wrote: >>> From: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> --- 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". Singular "they" works the same as singular "you". For example: ...means that _you are_ completely satisfied... Singular "you" had a similar backlash in the 1660s as singular "they" is having in this thread, but singular "you" has lasted (and we use "thou" only to signify someone using old-timey language). There is more of this in [1] and [2] [1] https://public.oed.com/blog/a-brief-history-of-singular-they/ [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%E2%80%93V_distinction#English Thanks, -Stolee
