[ZDP] BackTalk to Document The Zope Book (2.5 Edition)/Advanced Page Templates

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      If you change the macro (for example, if the copyright holder
      changes their name) then all Page Templates that use the macro
      will automatically reflect the change.

        % Anonymous User - June 4, 2002 3:51 pm:
         "holder" is singular, "their" is plural. Maybe "if the copyright holder changes its name" That's bad but
         politically more correct than the ideal "if the copyright holder changes his name". The English language
         needs a non gender specific, singular, personal pronoun if we're to continue this PC garbage.

        % Anonymous User - Sep. 26, 2002 3:51 pm:
         If i define a macro on a certain HTML tag (like <p>...</p>), am i required to use it on the same kind of HTML
         tag (ie <p>...</p>)?

        % Anonymous User - Nov. 28, 2002 7:07 pm:
         I disagree, I'd say that using 'their' is the best pronoun to use and that it can be both singular and plural
         in the same way that you can be both singular and plural.