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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] Documentation: use singular they when appropriate
Date:   Wed, 09 Jun 2021 14:47:02 -0400
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Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> writes:

> Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget wrote:
>> From: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
>> --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
>> +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
>> @@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ If you like, you can put extra tags at the end:
>>  . `Acked-by:` says that the person who is more familiar with the area
>>    the patch attempts to modify liked the patch.
>>  . `Reviewed-by:`, unlike the other tags, can only be offered by the
>> -  reviewer and means that she is completely satisfied that the patch
>> +  reviewer and means that they are completely satisfied that the patch

Say wait a minute.  If that is a "singular they", then why was the "is"
changed to "are"?  I think that belies the fact that there is no such
thing as a "singular they".