On 06/10/2015 09:05 PM, "Ola Fosheim =?UTF-8?B?R3LDuHN0YWQi?=
<ola.fosheim.grostad+dl...@gmail.com>" wrote:
...
At some point you just have question intent if there is a
misunderstanding, rather than control every expression or else
everything becomes "it":
"A bad programmer create bugs when it edits its files...".
Just use plural, it's what you mean anyway.
"Bad programmers create bugs when they edit their files...".
And if people force you to write "it", ...
"it" doesn't seem appropriate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-specific_and_gender-neutral_pronouns#It_and_one_as_gender-neutral_pronouns
"However, when not referring specifically to children, "it" is not
generally applied to people, even in cases where their gender is unknown."
