From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.7 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47C3EC6377E for ; Fri, 16 Jul 2021 21:25:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 349B5613C0 for ; Fri, 16 Jul 2021 21:25:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S236105AbhGPV2b (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Jul 2021 17:28:31 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:52412 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S235850AbhGPV22 (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Jul 2021 17:28:28 -0400 Received: from mail-oi1-x22d.google.com (mail-oi1-x22d.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::22d]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EB9FAC06175F for ; Fri, 16 Jul 2021 14:25:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-oi1-x22d.google.com with SMTP id h9so12538658oih.4 for ; Fri, 16 Jul 2021 14:25:32 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=date:from:to:cc:message-id:in-reply-to:references:subject :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=FuVHRzQveHsjr1Gv6c4rmAoI5BoYroTqQskR0LZ5gf4=; b=DCJtDRc7BrcwTz1b3KRxGC+XIeNKh7viwrjPoWEw4h4yqTcAgniMt23YkO39MVsadb ZY0RqeRm5DkCSJHSYmm4QCbrG/QfPo7wxMl50FIReC0NQAhGxihzx0kgxK87rCJfBZLS RAfCZp3h7xEMY5OIVMA/TgNTury7JqsJi8DAzjrxeKe7ydoa8mAzoNniroB61VQ04Pyx ypbaqW+guCPVA6YIhb8TnDwkmwBEanJXIvBhQuqUyhVkuNE5ZdNyCJNyOSsCQ+Mub5yq RJPjLyf9VXZybbB7XcMKOqWbFh/TUzaHaXuZqsuazWk0DU4w905TmzuVI1IB2TSDoQeQ SrFA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:message-id:in-reply-to :references:subject:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=FuVHRzQveHsjr1Gv6c4rmAoI5BoYroTqQskR0LZ5gf4=; b=Tn5vKlt71z2aoGQh5pyMPuUsHqg9dgMyfLYcCMlZjNO3jTPLTvgiGx/8fuap/63LZu IXt4M35XGSycZmURFTcw6XmxdtjRSYEtgKZx/IUyb2myCwvW/YRLh7YpVevJFpboeSVA X7/WqhMy3Q+0aWp8JXn6SHlr5wpxQpN+zHZn99FXMfd8fkhHk5fJDlDyx3Zi5QVbpv+t v051YTww5YWNVXMq5xn3tu0KUlCZdZQZYn2DL7fsFETWvc1tVSbwD/anL8k6v0nHCwLh Ps4uepRNhvRLIJCrlgnuHzipQE/RKbTf5ZH2YpOBUoBdQyIhQOx91xVeH46aFssVD1DQ pNRw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533cWGKNcc8z14S4rvYtL7IzmgVaBVZy8bxAH71pJ+9JFPZAU1qh 8Km+SubV+ByIlPFAZ0uOwGk= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxs9uAN1zRFteMndPpE5PESqj0jfCJJtfN+xkQ6h8mWWNSZYwxw4hBPpM20mZhRi5oOuG8lug== X-Received: by 2002:a05:6808:2d2:: with SMTP id a18mr13960747oid.106.1626470732328; Fri, 16 Jul 2021 14:25:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (fixed-187-189-167-231.totalplay.net. [187.189.167.231]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id y19sm2307618oia.22.2021.07.16.14.25.31 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 16 Jul 2021 14:25:31 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2021 16:25:30 -0500 From: Felipe Contreras To: Taylor Blau , Eric Sunshine Cc: Junio C Hamano , =?UTF-8?B?w4Z2YXIgQXJuZmrDtnLDsCBCamFybWFzb24=?= , Derrick Stolee , Git List Message-ID: <60f1f94a83f1e_14cb20828@natae.notmuch> In-Reply-To: References: <2c7f188a-6ebe-b116-8299-86ca3732d79a@gmail.com> <87czrl0wob.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH] CodingGuidelines: recommend gender-neutral description Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Taylor Blau wrote: > On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 12:35:30PM -0400, Eric Sunshine wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 12:25 PM Junio C Hamano wrote: > > > diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines > > > @@ -541,6 +541,49 @@ Writing Documentation: > > > + A contributor asks their upstream to pull from them. > > > + > > > + Note that this sounds ungrammatical and unnatural to those who > > > + learned English as a second language in some parts of the world. > > > > It also sounds ungrammatical and unnatural to this native English speaker. > > Apologies if this suggestion has been made earlier in the thread, but > this article > > https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/grammar/singular-they > > document from the APA's style guide helps convince me that this is > grammatical. That's the opinion of one organization (biased in my opinion). Other organizations disagree: https://ahdictionary.tumblr.com/post/147597257733/updated-usage-note-they -- Felipe Contreras