element-hq / element-hq/element-x-android

Avoid 2nd person "you" when possible

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Description

### Your use case

#### What would you like to do?
Use the 2nd person pronoun "you" less.

#### Why would you like to do it?
Many users prefer to not use 2nd person pronoun "you".

#### How would you like to achieve it?
Rephrasing some stuff to not have "you".
Example:
"If turned off, you won't be able to send or receive read receipts or typing notifications." -> "If turned off, read receipts and typing notifications won't be sent or received."

### Have you considered any alternatives?

Adding some kind of option for this.

### Additional context

This is probably relatively unimportant compared to other issues in the app.

### Are you willing to provide a PR?

No

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