/tags/they they en-US Copyright Tue, 10 Dec 2019 21:26:12 GMT /2019-12-10/merriam-webster-singles-out-nonbinary-they-for-word-of-the-year-honors The dictionary publisher lauded the singular they Tuesday, noting that the tiny word has enjoyed important new uses in an English language that otherwise lacks a good gender-neutral alternative. Tue, 10 Dec 2019 21:26:12 GMT /2019-12-10/merriam-webster-singles-out-nonbinary-they-for-word-of-the-year-honors Colin Dwyer /news-partners/2019-08-06/opinion-even-a-grammar-geezer-like-me-can-get-used-to-gender-neutral-pronouns For anyone struggling to use "they" as a singular pronoun, linguist Geoff Nunberg says: Just practice. He believes human language processing capacity is far more adaptable than people realize. Tue, 06 Aug 2019 17:26:00 GMT /news-partners/2019-08-06/opinion-even-a-grammar-geezer-like-me-can-get-used-to-gender-neutral-pronouns Geoff Nunberg