Re: GNU Privacy Handbook typo

2024-06-20 Thread Bernhard Reiter via Gnupg-users
Hi Patrick, Am Freitag 07 Juni 2024 12:25:58 schrieb Patrick F. Marques via Gnupg-users: > I believe there is a “tiny” typo in this page > https://www.gnupg.org/gph/en/manual/x334.html > I believe it should be “their key” instead of “they key” thanks for reporting! > Also, according to https://

Re: GNU Privacy Handbook typo

2024-06-11 Thread mwood--- via Gnupg-users
On Sat, Jun 08, 2024 at 03:26:05AM +, Eric Pruitt via Gnupg-users wrote: > On Fri, Jun 07, 2024 at 06:03:22PM -0500, Jacob Bachmeyer via Gnupg-users > wrote: > > Strictly, "their" is plural in English > > No, it is not. "They" and "their" have been used as gender-neutral, > singular pronouns

Re: GNU Privacy Handbook typo

2024-06-08 Thread Eric Pruitt via Gnupg-users
On Fri, Jun 07, 2024 at 11:47:08PM -0500, Jacob Bachmeyer via Gnupg-users wrote: > Few English-as-a-foreign-language courses should be expected to > mention singular "they", so its use is inappropriate in documentation. There are lots of things that aren't taught in classrooms that still apply to

Re: GNU Privacy Handbook typo

2024-06-07 Thread Jacob Bachmeyer via Gnupg-users
Eric Pruitt wrote: On Fri, Jun 07, 2024 at 06:03:22PM -0500, Jacob Bachmeyer via Gnupg-users wrote: Strictly, "their" is plural in English No, it is not. "They" and "their" have been used as gender-neutral, singular pronouns for centuries. Even if that wasn't the case, it's widely acce

Re: GNU Privacy Handbook typo

2024-06-07 Thread Eric Pruitt via Gnupg-users
On Fri, Jun 07, 2024 at 06:03:22PM -0500, Jacob Bachmeyer via Gnupg-users wrote: > Strictly, "their" is plural in English No, it is not. "They" and "their" have been used as gender-neutral, singular pronouns for centuries. Even if that wasn't the case, it's widely accepted in modern colloquial usa

Re: GNU Privacy Handbook typo

2024-06-07 Thread Jacob Bachmeyer via Gnupg-users
Patrick F. Marques via Gnupg-users wrote: Hi, I was reading the gnupg documentation and although I’m not an English native, I believe there is a “tiny” typo in this page https://www.gnupg.org/gph/en/manual/x334.html In the first paragraph: (…) By personally checking the fingerprint you

GNU Privacy Handbook typo

2024-06-07 Thread Patrick F. Marques via Gnupg-users
Hi, I was reading the gnupg documentation and although I’m not an English native, I believe there is a “tiny” typo in this page https://www.gnupg.org/gph/en/manual/x334.html In the first paragraph: (…) By personally checking the fingerprint you can be sure that the key really does belong to him,