Re: About the use of epicene "they" in technical documents.

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Subject: Re: About the use of epicene "they" in technical documents.
From: Michael Banck <mbanck@debian.org>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:52:57 +0200
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On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 08:35:56AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:
> But again, most persons in these environments are non-native speakers???

Mabye most persons in these environments are male.


Michael

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