RE: His/Her v. Their

Subject: RE: His/Her v. Their
From: "Porrello, Leonard" <lporrello -at- illumina -dot- com>
To: Becca <becca -at- di -dot- org>, "Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>, tech2wr-l <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 15:31:50 +0000

It's interesting that the writer assumed that the audience is entirely bigendered. But why didn't she or he say his/her instead of her/his? Isn't it oppressive to always put the male first?! To achieve true equality, we should all always use he/she and she/he alternately.

-----Original Message-----
From: techwr-l-bounces+lporrello=illumina -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+lporrello=illumina -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf Of Becca
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 8:25 AM
To: Combs, Richard; tech2wr-l
Subject: Re: His/Her v. Their

In this situation, we have a number of diferent actors. Each step may refer to a different actor. The author of the document wrote things like

"The SME should print his/her name and sign it on the Signature line"
Â
The next step then says what the next actor should be doing with the form.
Â
I don't think I can get away with totally reorganizing or editing the document to put it all in the second person assumed format. I have to take baby steps here with how much I can get away with editing.

Regards,


Becca
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Writer Tip: You have more time to author content with Doc-To-Help, because your project can be up and running in 3 steps.

See the &#8220;Getting Started with Doc-To-Help&#8221; blog post. http://bit.ly/doc-to-help-3-steps
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as archive -at- web -dot- techwr-l -dot- com -dot-

To unsubscribe send a blank email to
techwr-l-leave -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com


Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot- Visit
http://www.techwhirl.com/email-discussion-groups/ for more resources and info.

Looking for articles on Technical Communications? Head over to our online magazine at http://techwhirl.com

Looking for the archived Techwr-l email discussions? Search our public email archives @ http://techwr-l.com/archives


References:
His/Her v. Their: From: Becca
RE: His/Her v. Their: From: Combs, Richard
Re: His/Her v. Their: From: Becca

Previous by Author: RE: His/Her v. Their
Next by Author: RE: His/Her v. Their
Previous by Thread: Re: His/Her v. Their
Next by Thread: Re: His/Her v. Their


What this post helpful? Share it with friends and colleagues:


Sponsored Ads