An office within the National Institutes of Health published a guideline that outlines how professionals should use gendered pronouns to "affirm gender identity" for themselves and colleagues, warning ...

Most of us use pronouns frequently in speaking and writing. We are familiar with most types and therefore use them almost without thinking, (e.g., “I,” ”we,” and “they.“) What may surprise you, ...

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 ...

All individuals want and need to be correctly identified. It is important that we as a community all use and model the use of correct gender and gender pronouns. Our goal is to create a safe and ...

You may have noticed that people are sharing their pronouns in introductions, and adding them to social media profiles and email signatures. "We know definitely of 'he/him/his,' 'she/her/hers,' and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...