Hi, On Mon, 25 Jun 2012, Russ Allbery wrote: > The 15th Edition was published in 2003. Since then, my personal > impression is that opposition to generic "he" has hardened considerably > and opposition to singular "they" has weakened somewhat. Using "he" as a > generic pronoun for a person of indeterminate gender is now generally > considered inappropriate in manuals and documentation in the free software > communities I've followed and the discussions I've seen, although there is > the occasional hold-out. > > I see there's now a 16th Edition out, but I don't personally have a copy. > I'm curious whether it has changed its stance on singular "they" back to > the stance in the 14th Edition.
Just for reference, apparently they haven't changed their stance: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/CMS_FAQ/Pronouns/Pronouns17.html Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer Get the Debian Administrator's Handbook: → http://debian-handbook.info/get/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120626065804.ge16...@rivendell.home.ouaza.com
