On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 11:25:32AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 02:18:59PM +1000, Daniel Stone wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 09:57:09PM -0500, X Strike Force SVN Admin wrote: > > > - don't show the user messages telling him we're not doing anything
> > Women use Debian, too. :P > That's just a nasty rumor. And irrelevent. "Him" is the proper _formal_ pronoun to use in English when referring to a person of unspecified gender. You _can_ change it (there's no reason not to use "him or her" except length and awkwardness), but it doesn't _need_ to be changed because it's not wrong. "Them" _can_ be used for a singular, non-gender-specific pronoun, but some people are bothered by it. (It's not actually wrong, despite rumors to the contrary, but it has been _called_ wrong by enough people that it probably qualifies as colloquial and probably shouldn't be used formally. Unless you're a Jane Austen fan.) -- Chris Waters | Pneumonoultra- osis is too long [EMAIL PROTECTED] | microscopicsilico- to fit into a single or [EMAIL PROTECTED] | volcaniconi- standalone haiku
