"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > One minor point: In this reply, "he should follow the directions" is > not gender neutral, so "they" or "he/she" would be better, as we > don't want to say that we are a male only outfit, right? I didn't > notice any other similar, but that was the one that now caught my > eye.
He is the traditional gender neutral in English, but using she is also correct nowadays. He/she is terribly incorrect, and they should be limited to conversational speech. The style I follow is using my gender, but many people like to alternate between he and she between paragraphs (assuming that the object being referred to has changed; if not the gender should remain the same to avoid confusion naturally). Since there is only one use here, if anyone cares "he or she" could be used instead. It includes both genders while avoiding dangerous 90s-style-political-correctness land. A perfect balance between proper grammar and making everyone happy! > -- Adam Chlipala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here are my revisions to the interview answers I posted earlier, based > on feedback so far. I still plan to send off the official answers by > early Monday. > > => 5.) Is there anything else you would like to add? :-) > > First, that all of the answers I've given here should be findable on our > web site/wiki by interested potential members. If anyone has any > questions left after poking around starting at http://hcoop.net/ , he > should follow the directions in our prospective member FAQ there for > letting us know, so that we can include answers for future visitors' > benefit! > > _______________________________________________ > HCoop-Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://hcoop.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hcoop-discuss -- If nothing in the world can change our children will inherit nothing _______________________________________________ HCoop-Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://hcoop.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hcoop-discuss
