53 min

Pronouns: Now it's personal Red Pen: A Grammar Podcast

    • Society & Culture

Does English offer an ungendered third-person singular, and if so, who uses it? Everyone and their mother, as it turns out—going all the way back to the Middle Ages. Yinz gotta hear this one.
Questions/comments/ideas/snark go in the comments. We love you.


Thing 1: Ryan Davis
Thing 2: Mike Laws
Producer: Amanda Darrach

Find all your favorite Red Pen songs over on the Red Pen Official Playlist.
To use Red Pen chapters, swipe up on the Now Playing screen or click the top-right-corner Chapters button on Apple Podcasts for macOS.

Does English offer an ungendered third-person singular, and if so, who uses it? Everyone and their mother, as it turns out—going all the way back to the Middle Ages. Yinz gotta hear this one.
Questions/comments/ideas/snark go in the comments. We love you.


Thing 1: Ryan Davis
Thing 2: Mike Laws
Producer: Amanda Darrach

Find all your favorite Red Pen songs over on the Red Pen Official Playlist.
To use Red Pen chapters, swipe up on the Now Playing screen or click the top-right-corner Chapters button on Apple Podcasts for macOS.

53 min

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