Apropos of the article, I started using "folks" a lot more because of a colleague that would use it in 2012.
My thinking has also been shaped by the book On Writing Well which suggested I use their job instead. In other words, don't write that he should avoid semicolons, instead write that "authors should avoid..."
My thinking has also been shaped by the book On Writing Well which suggested I use their job instead. In other words, don't write that he should avoid semicolons, instead write that "authors should avoid..."