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Gender-neutral readme are not grammatically correct #1407

Closed dmytro-sylaiev closed 4 years ago

dmytro-sylaiev commented 5 years ago

https://github.com/oracle/docker-images/commit/76aaed21be5ac7a38a6cd2a5970071920fad9c16#diff-60c937af3f24e7b30d25c60885c985cfR19

In case the user does not want to be prompted, they can use the -confirm option.

Should be replaced with

... users don't want to be prompted, they can use the -confirm option.

KyleAure commented 5 years ago

The subject of the sentences in this paragraph is "the user." Since the gender of "the user" is unknown or non-binary the singular-nonbinary use of they is being used. A similar use would be if I were introducing a friend who preferred to use the pronoun they, I would say, “This is my friend, Jay. I met them at work.”

Reference: https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/singular-nonbinary-they

Djelibeybi commented 4 years ago

@KyleAure is correct regarding the use of the singular non-binary forms of "they" and "them".