> - <sect2>Be gender neutral > + <sect2>Be gender-equal > <p> > -The world is made of men and women. Please use gender-neutral > -constructions in your writing. This is not Political Correctness, this > +The world contains men and women. Please mix both genders > +in your examples. This is not Political Correctness, this > is showing respect to all humanity.
I suggest that this specific part be discussed in d-w. I have no strong opinion though I tend to prefer the "neutral" way o the "equal" way (how can one be equal if there's only one example..:-))) > Some advice in the previous section is also a bit odd. The passive > voice is usually harder to understand than the active. This opinion > is supported by many writing guides, English and US, such as Strunk: > http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk5.html#11 > > Scientific papers are widely criticised as examples of difficult > reading. The heading advice not to use the first person for > the computer feels good, though. > > Maybe further discussion should be on debian-l10n-english? I fully agree. This could be a very good occasion to revive that list, indeed.
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