Gender-neutral language

Related to TDE/tde#93.

Signed-off-by: Mavridis Philippe <mavridisf@gmail.com>

3 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/doc/knode/introduction.docbook b/doc/knode/introduction.docbook
index db14ec3a8..91cda1428 100644
--- a/doc/knode/introduction.docbook
+++ b/doc/knode/introduction.docbook
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ is not answered in this manual.</para>
 Usenet</link> chapter is recommended; it is not so much about &knode; as how to
 move about in the Usenet with its help. In general, it is not
 sufficient to just master a news reader for writing news
-articles: imagine a car driver who masters his car perfectly but does
+articles: imagine a car driver who masters a car perfectly but does
 not know about the traffic rules or signs; do you want to encounter
 such a driver when out in traffic? So please take your time to learn
 at least a little about the <quote>traffic rules</quote> of the
diff --git a/doc/knode/journey.docbook b/doc/knode/journey.docbook
index 54dc82a32..15a4905f5 100644
--- a/doc/knode/journey.docbook
+++ b/doc/knode/journey.docbook
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ newsgroup.  It stands for: (R)ead (T)he (F)...ing
 <para>Wait, what is <acronym>BTW</acronym> now? Another often-seen
 acronym which means (B)y (T)he (W)ay. It is easy when you know
 it; to avoid you having to continuously speculate over the meaning of
-acronyms there is table at he end of this section containing the
+acronyms there is table at the end of this section containing the
 most-often-used acronyms.</para>
 
 <para>This table does not try to be complete and is based on a list by
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ head and think of a face.</para>
 <title>PLONK!</title> 
 
 <para>This PLONK! looks like some comic-sound, does it not? And that is
-exactly what it is used for. The one who reads it knows he was just
+exactly what it is used for. The one who reads it knows they were just
 added to the killfile of a newsreader; normally this means the
 recipient of the PLONK! annoyed the sender.  The PLONK! is meant to
 play back the sound of the recipients name hitting the ground in the
diff --git a/doc/knode/using-morefeatures.docbook b/doc/knode/using-morefeatures.docbook
index 28d3142c2..62e769abc 100644
--- a/doc/knode/using-morefeatures.docbook
+++ b/doc/knode/using-morefeatures.docbook
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ examples.</para>
 Test; to do this choose the
 <guilabel>From</guilabel> header line from the first drop-down
 list, choose <guilabel>is exactly the same as</guilabel> from the second
-drop-down list, and enter his name in the text field.
+drop-down list, and enter their name in the text field.
 But, before doing this you should have a
 look at the <glossterm>header</glossterm> of one of Theodor's
 articles and see what is in the <quote>From</quote> line.</para>