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charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-AuthAs: Internal X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-AuthSource: AS8PR02MB7302.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-Network-Message-Id: dd3a5d09-26d6-4008-ca32-08d92a5aa911 X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-originalarrivaltime: 08 Jun 2021 08:51:52.0090 (UTC) X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-fromentityheader: Hosted X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-id: 33440fc6-b7c7-412c-bb73-0e70b0198d5a X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-mailboxtype: HOSTED X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-userprincipalname: thbWzuXgcCvZxB0i+3A2nqid67Oq4wJu8PdKlUm2p+iBlaXnUM0hQUaMlByayrbGuJYGcpm+3kzk66ffHq/Jog== X-MS-Exchange-Transport-CrossTenantHeadersStamped: AM5PR0201MB2322 X-OriginatorOrg: atos.net Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Or: `Reviewed-by:`, unlike the other tags, can only be offered by a reviewer when they are completely satisfied with the patch. It is offered only after reviews by reviewers who are known to be experts in the affected area by the community members. Sentence one uses singular they to refer to one of a pool of reviewers. =20 In the second all items are plural. Regards, Richard. -----Original Message----- From: Junio C Hamano =20 Sent: 08 June 2021 02:19 To: Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget Cc: git@vger.kernel.org; sandals@crustytoothpaste.net; stolee@gmail.com; jr= nieder@gmail.com; emilyshaffer@google.com; Derrick Stolee ; Derrick Stolee Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] Documentation: use singular they when appropriate Caution! External email. Do not open attachments or click links, unless thi= s email comes from a known sender and you know the content is safe. "Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget" writes: > diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches=20 > b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 55287d72e0ef..b518d3157f70=20 > 100644 > --- 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=20 > + patch All the other changes in this step, including the one that is a quote of pa= st e-mail sent to the list, didn't sound so awkward and good, but this one = does sound strange for this non-native speaker. Granted, the use of "she" here is already awkward (in the sense "why do we = assume that the reviewer is of certain gender?"), but "they" looks ungrammatical on top of that awkwardness. `Reviewed-by:`, unlike the other tags, can only be offered by reviewers themselves when they are completely satisified with the patch. It is offered only after a detailed review by reviewers who are known to be experts in the affected area by the community members. perhaps?