You may have heard of the singular “they/them” pronouns, often used by non-binary people as a gender-neutral pronoun in place of “she/her” and “he/him”. But while more and more people are becoming ...

In this guide, we explain everything you’ve wanted to know about gender-neutral pronouns and gender pronouns as a whole, as well as provide a list of pronouns used today. In the English language, we ...

Pronouns are what you use to address other people when you’re not using names. The most common pronouns are she/her/hers, they/them/theirs, and he/him/his. For many cisgender people — folks whose ...

Two weeks ago, we started the series on word classes. And last week, we delved into report writing. I thought it would be useful to intersperse the series, so we go back to word classes this week. We ...

Facebook wants everybody to feel comfortable using its service - which includes having the ability to express gender on the social network. Facebook has therefore introduced a new custom gender option ...

A pronoun takes the place of a noun close nounA noun is the name of a thing, such as an object, a place, or a person. in a sentence. Pronouns are short words like 'it', 'she', 'he', 'you', 'we', 'they ...

Last week Sam Smith came out as non-binary and asked fans to use the pronouns they/them instead of he/him. It caused a debate online - especially after The Associated Press wrote up the story using he ...

Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. Philosophers of language spend a lot of time debating the ins and outs of the semantics of names. I am a linguist ...