"Another company, YourEDM, caught wind that one of its employees participated in the foolishness, and reportedly posted this message saying that it fired he or she as well."
Yikes!
It's your language. You use it every day. You should strive to master it. My late mother, a 27-year, graduate-level professor of English, embedded that in my brain once upon a time. I’m not nearly as smart as she was, but I’m sharp enough to recognize that the vast majority of native-born Americans can’t speak or write English worth a lick.
