Re: [NTG-context] Grammar (was: Semantic data in ConTeXt?)

2010-07-27 Thread Rory Molinari
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 2:48 AM, John Haltiwanger john.haltiwan...@gmail.com wrote: Whether it is useless/'no problem exists' is not up to you to decide: it is up to those who do find it important. As long as some people find it important, no childish dismissals will remove that importance.

Re: [NTG-context] Grammar (was: Semantic data in ConTeXt?)

2010-07-27 Thread Marcin Borkowski
Dnia Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 09:53:18AM -0700, Rory Molinari napisa#322;(a): I usually flip a coin to choose between he and she before I start a document, and stick with it. (If I think the issue might be of interest to the reader I add a footnote explaining this.) I like that! Although I bet

Re: [NTG-context] Grammar (was: Semantic data in ConTeXt?)

2010-07-27 Thread Rory Molinari
On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Marcin Borkowski mb...@atos.wmid.amu.edu.pl wrote: I like that!  Although I bet that sooner or later some stupid feminist will accuse you of cheating (unless you toss the female side more often, in which case she'll be waiting for this tendency to change;)...)

Re: [NTG-context] Grammar (was: Semantic data in ConTeXt?)

2010-07-27 Thread Marcin Borkowski
Dnia Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 05:18:55PM -0700, Rory Molinari napisa#322;(a): On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Marcin Borkowski mb...@atos.wmid.amu.edu.pl wrote: I like that!  Although I bet that sooner or later some stupid feminist will accuse you of cheating (unless you toss the female side

Re: [NTG-context] Grammar (was: Semantic data in ConTeXt?)

2010-07-27 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Monday 26 July 2010 01:47:13 David Rogers wrote: * Matija Šuklje mat...@suklje.name [2010-07-25 23:33]: -.-.- P.S. Is there a nicer wording then (s)he for referencing persona in unisex gender (other then one)? The correct unisex pronoun is he. This whole question is an invented problem

Re: [NTG-context] Grammar (was: Semantic data in ConTeXt?)

2010-07-26 Thread Matija Šuklje
Dne ponedeljek 26. julija 2010 ob 01:47:13 je David Rogers napisal(a): * Matija Šuklje mat...@suklje.name [2010-07-25 23:33]: -.-.- P.S. Is there a nicer wording then (s)he for referencing persona in unisex gender (other then one)? The correct unisex pronoun is he. This whole question is an

Re: [NTG-context] Grammar (was: Semantic data in ConTeXt?)

2010-07-26 Thread John Haltiwanger
Whether it is useless/'no problem exists' is not up to you to decide: it is up to those who do find it important. As long as some people find it important, no childish dismissals will remove that importance. It seems the most successful/widely adopted form is to vary from 'he' to 'she' (so that

Re: [NTG-context] Grammar (was: Semantic data in ConTeXt?)

2010-07-25 Thread David Rogers
* Matija Šuklje mat...@suklje.name [2010-07-25 23:33]: -.-.- P.S. Is there a nicer wording then (s)he for referencing persona in unisex gender (other then one)? The correct unisex pronoun is he. This whole question is an invented problem where no real problem exists. They is usually