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From: Dr J R Stockton on 17 Jun 2010 12:21
In comp.lang.javascript message <d80628f8-1958-40f2-bb3f-c4e4285bb54f(a)w1
2g2000yqj.googlegroups.com>, Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:57:21, Scott Sauyet
<scott.sauyet(a)gmail.com> posted:

> But for, say,
>an anonymous user of a website, either "when the user moves her
>mouse..." or "when the user moves his mouse..." would be widely
>accepted.

Both are silly. The ownership of the mouse is irrelevant, and the
wording should be "when the user moves the mouse...". With a little
thought a natural but neutral way of saying something can usually be
found.

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