Epicene pronouns include both genders. In spoken American English, most speakers use they as the epicene or indefinite pronoun (a/an) in place of 'he' or 'she' as the ...
Agreement rules refer to the agreement between verbs and subjects in a clause, including the subjects that are collective nouns (such as team, group, staff, and family).
Hedge is a word/phrase that allows a speaker/writer to express his/her evaluation of the degree of confidence in the proposition that is being made, i.e., epistemic mo...