On Filling a Linguistic Hole

As I've written before, there's an annoying and uncomfortable "hole" in the English language - namely, its lack of a neuter, singular, third-person personal pronoun. We can use "he" and "she" for people and "it" for objects, but there's no universally accepted way to refer to a person whose gender is unknown.

On Ten-Dollar Words

In your written compositions, it is well-founded to refrain from the utilization of immoderately substantial verbiage, lest you come across as needlessly vexatious.

Translation: Don't overuse big words.