This reflects a flaw in the english language in an age of political correctness. We, at least in the states, I cannot speak for other English speaking countries, instinctively use plural pronouns incorrectly in sentences like this rather than using something incredibly awkward like "by right-clicking on him or her" because we do not have a neuter singular pronoun to use instead.
Luke On Nov 16, 2010, at 07:08 EST, Yngve Spjeld Landro wrote: > In #: ../libpurple/protocols/oscar/visibility.c:101 we find this sentence: > "You can add a buddy to this list by right-clicking on them and selecting > \"%s\"" > > Should the plural form "buddies" be used since "them" appears later in the > sentence? > > Please advise. > > -- > - Yngve Spjeld Landro > > nynorsk er bra for deg ;-) > > _______________________________________________ > Translators mailing list > [email protected] > http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/translators _______________________________________________ Translators mailing list [email protected] http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/translators
