Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 05 Dec 2013 18:41:50 +0100 | From | Harald Arnesen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Remove unnecessarily gendered language |
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One Thousand Gnomes [2013-12-05 17:54]:
>>> @@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ Quota netlink interface >>> When user exceeds a softlimit, runs out of grace time or reaches hardlimit, >>> quota subsystem traditionally printed a message to the controlling terminal of >>> the process which caused the excess. This method has the disadvantage that >>> -when user is using a graphical desktop he usually cannot see the message. >>> +when user is using a graphical desktop they usually cannot see the >>> message.
> I would argue that "This method has the disadvantage that when user > is using a graphical desktop he usually cannot see the message."
How about:
"This method has the disadvantage that, when using a graphical desktop, the user usually cannot see the message" - or something similar? Gender neutral, and not _too_ cumbersome, aside from the "user...usually". -- Hilsen Harald
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