Chris - 'They' and 'their' are increasingly popular as singular personal pronouns. There is even a Wikipedia page on the subject (so it must be true<g>) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they
Certainly 'they' and 'their' are much less clumsy than 'he or she' and 'his or her'. Regards, William Hudson Syntagm Ltd Design for Usability UK 01235-522859 World +44-1235-522859 US Toll Free 1-866-SYNTAGM mailto:william.hud...@syntagm.co.uk http://www.syntagm.co.uk skype:williamhudsonskype Syntagm is a limited company registered in England and Wales (1985). Registered number: 1895345. Registered office: 10 Oxford Road, Abingdon OX14 2DS. Confused about dates in interaction design? See our new study (free): http://www.syntagm.co.uk/design/datesstudy.htm 12 UK mobile phone e-commerce sites compared! Buy the report: http://www.syntagm.co.uk/design/uxbench.shtml Courses in card sorting and Ajax interaction design. London, Las Vegas and Berlin: http://www.syntagm.co.uk/design/csadvances.shtml http://www.syntagm.co.uk/design/ajaxdesign.shtml > -----Original Message----- > From: new-boun...@ixda.org [mailto:new-boun...@ixda.org] On Behalf Of > Christopher Rider > Sent: 21 July 2009 13:48 > To: disc...@ixda.org > Subject: [IxDA Discuss] "His/Her" vs. "Their" in website copy > ... ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
