Jonathon Owen is an editing and layout supervisor at Brigham Young University, where he also obtained degrees in English language and linguistics. His master’s thesis explored the effects of copy editing on standard English usage, and he holds the paradoxical view that it’s possible to be a prescriptivist and a descriptivist simultaneously. He writes about usage, editing, and linguistics at Arrant Pedantry (www.arrantpedantry.com) and can be found on Twitter @ArrantPedantry.