Their, definitely.
His/Her just throws the differential in the alternate's face; it just
solidifies that they are fringe.
'Their' is MUCH better.
</psych major>
On Jul 21, 2009, at 12:47 PM, Christopher Rider wrote:
Howdy,
I'm working on a website targeted primarily at women. In several
places we
need to ask for information about the user's significant other. 80%+
of our
visitors are straight women, but we do get the occasional man (gay or
straight) or gay woman.
The team is debating which pronoun to use in field labels - e.g.
"Their
Birthday" or "His/Her Birthday". The site has a pretty relaxed/
informal
tone, so we're leaning heavily toward "their", but we thought the
list might
have some opinions to share.
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