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Gender-neutral pronouns


From: Tim Retout
Subject: Gender-neutral pronouns
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 21:14:58 +0000

Hi again,

There is one place in maintain.texi where the gender-neutral pronouns
are not being used. Personally, I find them cumbersome, but it would be
nice to be consistent.


2007-12-29  Tim Retout  <address@hidden>

        * maintain.texi (Legally Significant Changes): Use
        gender-neutral pronouns.


diff -u -r1.148 maintain.texi
--- maintain.texi       24 Nov 2007 22:45:19 -0000      1.148
+++ maintain.texi       29 Dec 2007 20:52:16 -0000
@@ -377,9 +377,9 @@
 them.
 
 When you record a small patch in a change log file, first search for
-previous changes by the same person, and see if his past
+previous changes by the same person, and see if per past
 contributions, plus the new one, add up to something legally
-significant.  If so, you should get copyright papers for all his
+significant.  If so, you should get copyright papers for all per
 changes before you install the new change.
 
 If that is not so, you can install the small patch.  Write @samp{(tiny


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