News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Swearing at work - a guide. Parent comment

Re:Swearing at work - a guide by rohansingh on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @08:58AM (#5594776)
Interestingly, what makes me cringe much more than any profanity is the use of gratuitous verbiage such as "such individuals". Why not just have said, "they"?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Swearing at work - a guide by D9u on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @02:14PM (#5596910)
Had I used the word "they" in place of "such individuals," then Avashalom's inference regarding my creation of a dichotomy would be valid. By using the term "such individuals" I have not excluded myself from said group.
[ Parent | on HN ]