1. Don't use "they" to talk about one person. Many people use “they” as a singular noun. But “they” is plural. English does not have a good way to solve this problem but on the next few slides we will see some alternatives.
2. Use heor she instead of they Instead of: If the user wants to save as HTML they can click “Save as web page.” Write: If the user wants to save as HTML he or she can click “Save as web page.”
3. Use heor she instead of they Instead of: If the user wants to save as HTML they can click “Save as web page.” Write: If the user wants to save as HTML he or she can click “Save as web page.” This is not convenient when you have to write it many times. Some authors prefer to only use “he” or only use “he”. This may give the reader the feeling that the writer is talking only about men or only about women. Unfortunately, there is no good way to solve this problem.
4. Use 'one' instead of 'they' Instead of: If the user wants to save as HTML they can click “Save as web page.” Write: If one wants to save as HTML one can click “Save as web page.”
5. Use 'one' instead of 'they' Instead of: If the user wants to save as HTML they can click “Save as web page.” It will sound strange if a paper uses the word “one” in this way many times so don’t use this too often. Write: If one wants to save as HTML one can click “Save as web page.”
6. Aboutauthor Hans Anderson 2007-Present: Lecturer at FPT Greenwich Programmes, FPT University. 2007: M.S., Computational Mathematics, University of Minnesota 2001: B.A., Computer Science, GustavusAdolphus College, Saint Peter, MN
