From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
Cc: tino.calancha@gmail.com, npostavs@gmail.com, rms@gnu.org,
32731@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#32731: 26.1.50; Ibuffer filter by mode: Handle >1 mode names
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2018 12:24:22 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <835zyu9bg9.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <875zyu9ep8.fsf@gmail.com> (message from Robert Pluim on Tue, 25 Sep 2018 10:14:11 +0200)
> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
> Cc: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha@gmail.com>, 32731@debbugs.gnu.org, npostavs@gmail.com, rms@gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2018 10:14:11 +0200
>
> > I usually just rewrite the text to be in plural, like "the users"
> > instead of "the user". Then "they" is correct English.
>
> Point of order: singular they has been correct English for the last
> 700 years. Some people donʼt like it, but that doesnʼt make it wrong.
"Some people" seem to include Richard, who said a few messages ago:
> Using "they" for a singular antecedent is confusing, and I always find
> it jarring. I won't make a rule against, but I make a point of never
> using that construction.
Thus my preference to rewrite in plural.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-09-25 9:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-09-13 18:19 bug#32731: 26.1.50; Ibuffer filter by mode: Handle >1 mode names Tino Calancha
2018-09-13 19:09 ` Noam Postavsky
2018-09-13 20:04 ` Tino Calancha
2018-09-13 20:38 ` Tino Calancha
2018-09-13 23:39 ` Noam Postavsky
2018-09-15 9:15 ` Tino Calancha
2018-09-15 12:42 ` Noam Postavsky
2018-09-17 17:44 ` Tino Calancha
2018-09-17 18:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-17 19:53 ` Tino Calancha
2018-09-18 7:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-18 23:19 ` Noam Postavsky
2018-09-19 9:23 ` Tino Calancha
2018-09-19 9:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-21 8:37 ` Tino Calancha
2018-09-22 9:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-22 13:00 ` Noam Postavsky
2018-09-23 1:37 ` Richard Stallman
2018-09-23 12:01 ` Noam Postavsky
2018-09-24 8:27 ` Tino Calancha
2018-09-24 19:58 ` Richard Stallman
2018-09-24 20:48 ` Tino Calancha
2018-09-24 21:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-25 8:14 ` Robert Pluim
2018-09-25 9:24 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2018-09-25 23:03 ` Richard Stallman
2018-09-29 9:49 ` Tino Calancha
2018-09-24 8:36 ` Tino Calancha
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