With my pedantic nature I could be picky and point out that it is technically not correct, but what fuddles me more is the fact that people still don't understand the rules here and choose to go flying with a 'mate' in the other seat because they know they haven't done the required 3 in 90 as sole manipulator of the controls before flying with passengers.
If we want to be pedantic, the phrase
"as sole manipulator" was JAR stuff and does not appear in the EASA Regulation!