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That's a pretty petty reason. Also, you're only going to see usage of the singular "they" increase, so you'll be skipping a fair amount of content with that pol
by zerocrates 9y ago
That's a pretty petty reason. Also, you're only going to see usage of the singular "they" increase, so you'll be skipping a fair amount of content with that policy.
Especially in the workplace context, assignment of a particular gender for an example like this is often an issue. Many people (myself included) take the reasonable opinion that "they" is preferable to "he or she," if only on aesthetic grounds.
- dragonwriter 9y agoSingular “they” is a different issue than singular l specific “they”, which is what is used in the article; singular ”they” is a very long established usage, but “they” for a specific named person (even if a hypothetical one) is about as well accepted as “it” for that use. > Many people (myself included) take the reasonable opinion that "they" is preferable to "he or she," if only on aesthetic grounds. “he or she" and similar constructs are also not generally accepted for specific named individuals.
- zerocrates 9y agoFor a _hypothetical_ person? I don't buy the distinction (ignoring the small aside where the author says Kara was "a real person). I sincerely doubt that the poster I replied to would be fine with the article if all instances of "Kara" were simply replaced by "[your/my/a] coworker."