RE: His/Her v. Their

Subject: RE: His/Her v. Their
From: "Steve Janoff (non-Celgene)" <sjanoff -at- celgene -dot- com>
To: Becca <becca -at- di -dot- org>, "Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>, tech2wr-l <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 11:25:00 -0700

Let's not leave out the case where the SME is an animal.

"The SME should print its name and sign it with a paw print (hoof print, etc.) on the Signature line"

I know some human SMEs where that applies.

Sorry, I'm an actor.

"Friday" Steve


-----Original Message-----
From: On Behalf Of Becca
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 8:25 AM
To: Combs, Richard; tech2wr-l
Subject: Re: His/Her v. Their

In this situation, we have a number of diferent actors. Each step may refer to a different actor. The author of the document wrote things like

"The SME should print his/her name and sign it on the Signature line"
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The next step then says what the next actor should be doing with the form.
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I don't think I can get away with totally reorganizing or editing the document to put it all in the second person assumed format. I have to take baby steps here with how much I can get away with editing.

Regards,


Becca


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References:
His/Her v. Their: From: Becca
RE: His/Her v. Their: From: Combs, Richard
Re: His/Her v. Their: From: Becca

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