October 8, 2026
Throwback Thursday: The Case for Singular They
The following article was originally published in Copyediting newsletter, October–November 2012 Gender-neutral language can sometimes be a problem for writers and editors, and one of the most seemingly intractable issues is the question of gender-neutral pronouns. It is often lamented that English lacks a suitable gender-neutral pronoun, and many have tried over the years to coin […]