> I'm adding Matthew Revell for a text review. Personally I think the phrase
> "Subscribed themselves" needs to be reworked. I hate using a the plural to
> represent a person of non-determined gender in general but it seem
> particularly clumsy here. Matthew may disagree.
"Themself" would be the more correct use of the unspecified sex pronoun. While I'm comfortable with the singular "they", I'm not sure it reads that well here. I don't have particularly good suggestions for a replacement, though.
Suggested alternative: Self-subscribed/Self-subscribed to bug xx
> I'm adding Matthew Revell for a text review. Personally I think the phrase
> "Subscribed themselves" needs to be reworked. I hate using a the plural to
> represent a person of non-determined gender in general but it seem
> particularly clumsy here. Matthew may disagree.
"Themself" would be the more correct use of the unspecified sex pronoun. While I'm comfortable with the singular "they", I'm not sure it reads that well here. I don't have particularly good suggestions for a replacement, though.
Suggested alternative: Self-subscribed /Self-subscribe d to bug xx
Interesting notes on usage of singular "they" -- http:// www.oxforddicti onaries. com/definition/ themself and http:// www.oxforddicti onaries. com/view/ entry/m_ en_gb0858560# DWS-055164