https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31986
--- Comment #4 from Waldir <[email protected]> 2011-11-28 12:47:46 UTC --- (In reply to comment #3) > I'm not keen of using foo(a) forms, though. Would prefer to see some more > support from users that it is indeed the right thing to do in Portuguese (not > in being valid language, but what would be used normally). It is fairly normal in Portuguese to use the foo(a) form. It is also common, though, to use the male form to refer to both genders when it's undisclosed or when we're referring to a group of mixed genders. The former is probably more semantically correct, so this in a way is a choice between "de jure" (theoretical) correctness, versus "de facto" (practical) correctness. In the end, it's not a big deal, since most people won't be especially bothered either way, as both methods are common. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
