British comedian, actor, and activist Eddie Izzard has been open (and entertainingly so) about cross-dressing for a long time (although it’s not “cross-dressing” for Izzard, who says “I don’t call it ...

Have you made the mistake of mismatching pronouns? Almost everyone has. That includes the venerable and usually perfectly grammatical New York Times, most of your favorite writers–and me. I have a ...

With the rise of anti-transgender legislation across the country—in sports, schools, even prisons—it comes as no surprise that the same anti-transgender rhetoric exists within journalism, especially ...

We was—no, we were—reacting to a bit of shoptalk from the editors of The Associated Press Stylebook. The importance and influence of The AP Stylebook extend far beyond the wire service’s own ...

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 ...

Dogmatic opponents of using they with singular antecedents don’t argue for its wrongness; they simply assert. Rebecca Gowers, in her revised update of her great-grandfather’s classic usage book Plain ...

Do you struggle to correctly use pronouns? If so, you may understandably be wary of the ACT English section. This portion of the ACT contains 75 questions, which you must answer in 45 minutes. More ...

Collective nouns such as "them" take the singular if they are acting as a unit and the plural if they are acting as individuals. Ex: The team (as individuals) decide today if they want to strike. The ...