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

Felipe Contreras [off-list ref] writes:

Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget wrote:

quoted

From: Derrick Stolee <redacted>

--- 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".