From 98af6596a9316f134c92ace8debdfc3b6a2c50de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guillermo Iguaran Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2013 23:40:17 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add examples for gender neutral pronouns --- guides/source/api_documentation_guidelines.md | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/guides/source/api_documentation_guidelines.md b/guides/source/api_documentation_guidelines.md index 9b3ca6e2a5..ccb51ce73c 100644 --- a/guides/source/api_documentation_guidelines.md +++ b/guides/source/api_documentation_guidelines.md @@ -42,7 +42,13 @@ Spell names correctly: Arel, Test::Unit, RSpec, HTML, MySQL, JavaScript, ERB. Wh Use the article "an" for "SQL", as in "an SQL statement". Also "an SQLite database". -When using pronouns in reference to a hypothetical person, such as "a user with a session cookie", gender neutral pronouns (they/their/them) should be used. +When using pronouns in reference to a hypothetical person, such as "a user with a session cookie", gender neutral pronouns (they/their/them) should be used. Instead of: + +* he or she... use they. +* him or her... use them. +* his or her... use their. +* his or hers... use theirs. +* himself or herself... use themselves. English ------- -- GitLab