What does it mean when someone wants to use “any pronouns” or “all pronouns”? To answer those questions, we need to understand what pronouns are — and why they matter to people. Over the past decade, ...

FARGO - Grammar can make many of us feel tense. (Pun intended.) But in the last couple of years, the anxiety over grammar is fueled not by where to put an Oxford comma or two but at the very heart of ...

This story by Nicola Prentis for GlobalPost originally appeared on PRI.org on March 28, 2018, and is republished here as part of a partnership between PRI and Global Voices. The teacher holds up a pen ...

An essential relative clause provides necessary, defining information about the noun. On the other hand, non‐ essential relative clauses provide additional, non‐necessary information about the noun.

We need a hen, that’s what we need. Sweden has one now; can we get one too? Oh, and this one has nothing to do with poultry. In a new updating of the Swedish dictionary that will roll out later this ...

In the 17th century, they also suspected that the rules of grammar stood between them and a society of equals. By Teresa M. Bejan Dr. Bejan is a professor of political theory. Pronouns are the most ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Joe Moran WHAT’S YOUR PRONOUN? Beyond He & She By Dennis Baron “Pronouns are suddenly sexy,” ...