They is “the grammatical equivalent of a shrug”
In December, we wrote about the gender neutral honorific “Mx.,” which is under consideration for inclusion in the Oxford English Dictionary but has not yet made it into style guides at… Read more »
A new pronoun in the Mx.
For the Observer, Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke reports that while you were busy eating leftover turkey last weekend, the New York Times was grappling with a potential change to their style guide.… Read more »
Defending the adverb
I love it when someone punctures a “rules of good writing” myth with a large resounding pop, and so this week I’m indebted to Geoffrey Pullum, who has a post… Read more »