GNU Privacy Handbook typo

[mwood at iu.edu]

On Sat, Jun 08, 2024 at 03:26:05AM +0000, Eric Pruitt via Gnupg-users wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 07, 2024 at 06:03:22PM -0500, Jacob Bachmeyer via Gnupg-users wrote:
> > Strictly, "their" is plural in English
> 
> No, it is not. "They" and "their" have been used as gender-neutral,
> singular pronouns for centuries. Even if that wasn't the case, it's
> widely accepted in modern colloquial usage. We can't just ossify the
> language because some people don't like that a word can have multiple,
> context-sensitive meanings. "They/their" isn't even unique in that
> manner when it comes to pronouns; "we" has been used as a singular
> pronoun for royalty for centuries, and "you" can be both singular and
> plural depending on the context -- at least in some American dialects.

Thou hast raised some interesting points, but the overriding point
here should be that a pronoun, any pronoun, doesn't fit there; the
sentence wants an article.

-- 
Mark H. Wood
Lead Technology Analyst

University Library
Indiana University Indianapolis
755 W. Michigan Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202
317-274-0749
library.indianapolis.iu.edu
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