I'm sorry, but I can't just get used to it, nor do I think it's the least
bad of all available options.
I'll just summarise briefly what the incorrect ways of addressing this
problem are, and why:
* he or she and his or her are cumbersome constructions introduced by
politically correct zealots
Daniel A. Welty wrote:
* they and their are plural, and should never be used in the singular.
Thank you for sharing your option here, but you are not a linguist and
you are simply wrong.
At least two people in this thread have already linked to Wikipedia's
article on singular-they, which
On Sun, 2011-03-06 at 10:25 +1100, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
Daniel A. Welty wrote:
* they and their are plural, and should never be used in the singular.
Thank you for sharing your option here, but you are not a linguist and
you are simply wrong.
At least two people in this thread have
Westley Martínez wrote:
I believe singular they should not be used in formal writing. So what if
you use it in an email?
If you, personally, dislike it, then don't use it. But if you (generic
you) say that it is grammatically incorrect to do so, then you are
simply *wrong*. Some things are
Enough already. If anyone still disagrees, they can discuss it in the
comments page on wikipedia
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Singular_they).
Seriously, this is off-topic for python-dev.
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--Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)
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On Sun, 2011-03-06 at 11:18 +1100, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
Westley Martínez wrote:
I believe singular they should not be used in formal writing. So what if
you use it in an email?
If you, personally, dislike it, then don't use it. But if you (generic
you) say that it is grammatically
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
On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 1:00 AM, Nick Coghlan ncogh...@gmail.com wrote:
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
