On Sat, 25 Jan 2014, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > > Some authors express concern that this is ambiguous as 'they' and 'theirs' > > are > > often used as plural pronouns. In this case, a short explanation of the > > inclusive language in the foreword can help. > > > > If you're accepting patches, I'm happy to sort this out. It'd be largely a > > sed > > script followed by spot-checking the diff. > > I do accept patches, but those fixes are often better done by rewriting > the sentence, either using a synonym to avoid the pronoun or by using > passive voice. > > http://www.herodios.com/pronouns.html
FWIW we're starting to work on the jessie version of the handbook, so now is the good time to consider submitting such patches... Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer Support Debian LTS: http://www.freexian.com/services/debian-lts.html Learn to master Debian: http://debian-handbook.info/get/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
