On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> wrote: > That's how I felt 20 years ago. But since then I've come to appreciate > they as a much better alternative to either "he or she" or "he". Just > get used to it.
If anyone wants to further explore this question, the Stack Exchange on English usage is a decent place to start: http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/192/is-it-correct-to-use-their-instead-of-his-or-her What it boils down to is that "their" is the least bad of all of the available options. Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncogh...@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
