Bagas Sanjaya wrote: > Hi Felipe, > > On 12/06/21 03.28, Felipe Contreras wrote: > > The latest solution looking for a problem [1] is to use the actively > > debated among linguists singular "they" [2]. > > > > Leaving aside the linguistic intricacies that not all singular "they" are > > equal [3], and the overwhelming sentiment that these kinds of political > > discussions don't provide value for this community [4], the "issue" can > > be easily solved by simply using different wording. > > > > - The reviewer herself > > + The reviewers themselves > > > > Problem solved. > > So this patchset avoids any gender pronouns by changing single subject > to many objects (plural), right? That is just one example. A good writer like a good programmer uses different tools for different situations. Another tool used in this patchset is to make use of the passive voice: she made a mistake -> a mistake was made. Another is singular "they" (but used properly). And another is to just completely reword the offending sentence. Cheers. -- Felipe Contreras
