bmhrules Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 X member(s) is celebrating his/her birthday today.Why not just remove the gender placement of his/her and say "their"?X member(s) is/are celebrating their birthday today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_ind Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 Depends how big your board is, but I guess often it would only be one member.1 member(s) is/are celebrating their birthday today.Looks strange to have "member(s)" and "is/are" but then miss on "their", don't you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggi Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 whats the difference its only a bit of text and doesn't actually make a different to how the board functions or the data is interpretated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKSM Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 If you switched it you would have the grammar cops on your tail. 'Their' is plural, while 'his/her' is singular. 1 member is celebrating his/her birthday2 members are celebrating their birthday.If your board had a lot of members switching it to their might be better, but what about everyone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_ind Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 He can just change it to what he wants in the language files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmhrules Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 Their is a word that can be used to describe both female and male genders, while also being a singular form. It is not only confined to the plural form.*edit* I am fullly aware I can change this in the language file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Garcia Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 You are aware you can change the wording in your lang files ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stobbo Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 I don't think it really matters to be honest, if it really gets on your nerves, change the language file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKSM Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Their is a word that can be used to describe both female and male genders, while also being a singular form. It is not only confined to the plural form.*edit* I am fullly aware I can change this in the language file.It probably would be best left to just changing the language file though, don't you think? Also, as far as I'm aware (and I am not an English major), their can be used to replace a singular antecedent such as someone or anyone, but not to be used in place of the singular pronouns he/she. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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