From 3c84884f59bd3709bee4440432b4c9c4b284a233 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mattias Andrée Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2015 21:50:45 +0200 Subject: style guide MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Signed-off-by: Mattias Andrée --- doc/style-guide-for-documentation | 20 ++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/style-guide-for-documentation b/doc/style-guide-for-documentation index 5e31987..d3e5986 100644 --- a/doc/style-guide-for-documentation +++ b/doc/style-guide-for-documentation @@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ Some examples: - Full form versus contracted form -------------------------------- @@ -129,7 +128,6 @@ itself even if the full sentence makes it unambiguous. Therefore - Inflection of abbreviations, contractions, acronyms and loanwords ----------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -247,3 +245,21 @@ Can't versus cannot Use ‘cannot’ rather than ‘can't’. + + + +Genderneutral form +------------------ + +Genderneutral form is identical to feminine form. +For example, write ‘The user … if she …’ rather than: + ‘The user … if he …’ + ‘The user … if she/he …’ + ‘The user … if he/she …’ + ‘The user … if s/he …’ + ‘The user … if the user …’ + ‘The user … if it …’ + ‘The user … if one …’ + ‘One … if one …’ + ‘… if you …’ + -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2