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Re: [Terminology] WG Review: Effective Terminology in IETF Documents (term)

Dan Harkins <dharkins@lounge.org> Thu, 29 April 2021 22:41 UTC

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On 4/29/21 3:38 PM, Jim Fenton wrote:
> The NIST document mentioned earlier, in Section 4.3 discusses guidance 
> in the Chicago Manual of Style Sections 5.251-5.260. NIST notes that 
> CMOS does not endorse use of the singular “they”, and note that as a 
> conflict with their guidance.

   Good! English has a perfectly valid gender-neutral 3rd person 
singular: it.

   Dan.

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