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 ...

Guys, amid the recent brouhaha over they as a singular (It’s here, it’s clear, get over it), Allan Metcalf noticed that, without thinking much about it, we in the United States have created a new ...

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 ...

“Every one of us have a role to play” or “Every one of us has a role to play”? “A bunch of students were waiting outside” or “a bunch of students was waiting outside”? “It is I who am here” or “It is ...