Chicago Style Q&A is a little snarky
- Q: Can I use the first person?
- A: Evidently.
Mon 19 Jul 2010 | Posted by rocketpilot
Sat 19 Sep 2009
Apple made dozens of tiny wordings and grammatical fixes in Snow Leopard, including this one from engaging screen sharing via iChat. In Leopard, the message read “their”; now, “his or her.”
“Their” is perfectly grammatically correct and is far less awkward than “his or her”. Disappointing change.
Tue 30 Jun 2009 29 notes | Posted by rocketpilot
(via marco)
That’s not a pronoun plurality error! It’s a perfectly correct use of the gender-neutral singular “they”.
“Setup” is a noun, not a verb. You cannot “setup your account”, but you can “set up your account”.
That is all.
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