Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
Hi Felipe,
On 12/06/21 03.28, Felipe Contreras wrote:
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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