[rt-users] Is this English ? Notify Owner of their ticket has...

[Michael Ellis]

In recent times "their" has been used in English for gender  
neutrality. It's not considered completely proper, but it's very common.

Mike

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On 2009-07-16, at 4:31 AM, Michelle Konzack <linux4michelle at tamay-dogan.net 
 > wrote:

> Hello Erwan,
>
> I am not native englisch speaker but...
>
> Am 2009-07-16 10:49:42, schrieb Erwan HAMON:
>> #: etc/initialdata:356 etc/upgrade/3.8.2/content:85
>> msgid "Notify Owner of their rejected ticket"
>
> The mix up sungular with pluriel...
>
>> => "Notify Owner of his rejected ticket"
>
> or is it:  "Notify Owners of their rejected tickets"
>
> To clarify it, you need the context.
>
>> #: etc/initialdata:369 etc/upgrade/3.8.2/content:98
>> msgid "Notify Owner of their ticket has been approved and is ready to
>> be acted on"
>>
>> => "Notify Owner that his ticket has been approved and is ready to be
>> acted on"
>
> or: "Notify Owner if his ticket has been approved and is ready to be  
> acted on"
>
>> #: lib/RT/Approval/Rule/Created.pm:57 lib/RT/Approval/Rule/ 
>> Passed.pm:55
>> msgid "Notify Owner of their ticket has been approved by some or all
>> approvers"
>>
>> => "Notify Owner that his ticket has been approved by some or all  
>> approvers"
>
> Maybe: "Notify Owner if his ticket has been approved by some or all  
> approvers"
>
> ...
>
> It seems that the original english version has to be proofread.
>
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