I’ve devoted quite a bit of thinking time over the past several weeks on the question of whether white as a racial designation should be...

An earlier version of this column was published on the blog of ACES: The Society for Editing. This was last updated on August 24, 2021....

Respected reference sources have signaled a modicum of acceptance of the pronoun they in a singular sense. The Associated Press Stylebook...

The ending lines of The Great Gatsby make any good list of the best closings in literature. The last line is perfect while the...

English has a lot of conventions—best not to call them rules—that sometimes fall apart when we try to apply them in all possible...