Tales of love and adventure from 1,000 years ago reveal a dazzling range of now-extinct English pronouns. They capture ...
As of Sept. 17, 2019, the Merriam-Webster dictionary defines "they" as, "Used to refer to a single person whose gender identity is non-binary." Allow me to proudly reiterate: The dictionary now ...
When Sam Smith came out as gender nonbinary earlier this year, telling Jameela Jamil on her Instagram interview series, “I am not male or female. I think I float somewhere in between,” Smith also ...
The singular pronoun "they" is the word of the decade, according to The American Dialect Society. Formed more than 130 years ago, the American Dialect Society, along with organizations like ...
Recently, I read an article about UT Knoxville’s idea of inclusive pronouns as a way to evolve the English language. I am all for it with one exception: The system of words created is too overly ...
The Associated Press Stylebook, a widely used manual of journalistic writing standards, has made a shift in the use of the pronoun “they” to acknowledge the evolving landscape of gender identity. The ...
Copy editors might seem like stick-in-the-mud traditionalists when it comes to language change, but when I attended the American Copy Editors Society’s annual conference in Pittsburgh a couple of ...
After declaring the violence epidemic against transgender people a “myth,” journalist and self-described “gay conservative” Chad Felix Greene is now attacking the idea of the use of “they” as a ...
TAMPA, Fla. — Pronouns. They're something you grew up learning in elementary school; but as society progresses, so has the conversation around gender-neutral identities. "Pronouns give us our ...
For many years as a law professor, I took pains to refer to individuals as "he or she" to maintain inclusivity in the classroom. More recently, I have begun using "they" for all persons in my ...
To the editor: The only issue I have with the acceptance of the singular “they” is that it is not used with a singular verb. Without exception, the examples provided in Jen Manion’s op-ed article ...
The singular pronoun “they” is the word of the decade, according to The American Dialect Society. Formed more than 130 years ago, the American Dialect Society, along with organizations like ...