I just said the exact same with regard to your second point lmao. On Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at 7:24 PM, Ørjan Johansen <oer...@nvg.ntnu.no> wrote:
> On Sat, 8 Jul 2017, Cuddle Beam wrote: > > This is my official submission of my Thesis "Spivak Culture". >> > > Hm. The current thesis process seems to be very loosely described with > few "official" parts. I guess this is still the peer-review stage (which > the Herald is supposed to coordinate). > > Anyway, two complaints: The first is that the quote formatting is all > over the place. The blank lines in the Nomic World rules are not in the > original, and otherwise there are a mixture of quote marks (at least one > without any). > > The second is that your singular "they" examples are wrong: > > And such use has remained throughout the years, up to the current year of >> 2017. However, it's no longer exclusive. Currently, there is both of the >> use of the singular "they" as well as Spivak (with the latter being much >> more common in the Ruleset) [8], for example: >> >> Use of "they": >> >> "When the Rules state that a person or persons win the game, those persons >> win the game; specifically they win the Round that ends with the indicated >> win. Agora itself does not end and the ruleset remains unchanged. The >> Herald is then authorized to award those persons the Patent Title of >> Champion" >> >> "Officers SHOULD maintain a publicly visible copy of their reports on the >> World Wide Web, and they SHOULD publish the address of this copy along >> with >> their published reports." >> > > These are both _plural_ "they"s. The only _singular_ "they" I can find in > the last published ruleset is in Rule 2474: > > Rule 2474/0 (Power=0.5) > Green Cards > > A Green Card is a type of Card that is appropriate for minor, > accidental, and/or inconsequential infraction. A Green Card is > also appropriate for any infraction for which no other type of > Card is appropriate. When a person is issued a Green Card, they > are ENCOURAGED to travel to the United States. > > Greetings, > Ørjan.
