On 6/9/2021 2:47 PM, Phillip Susi wrote:

Felipe Contreras [off-list ref] writes:

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Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget wrote:

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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".

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