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 ...
How a common word is reshaping the English language, along with our notions of gender and equality. Battles of grammar, for the most part, play out in English classrooms and in the pages of style ...
With Demi Lovato revealing that they are non-binary and using they/them pronouns, it’s a good time to make sure you’re up to speed on pronoun etiquette. Because the English language lacks ...