Sorry if it sounded harsh. It's a decent article on grammar and semantics – an enjoyable topic by itself – but the writer chose the easy way to market it, that

Sorry if it sounded harsh. It's a decent article on grammar and semantics – an enjoyable topic by itself – but the writer chose the easy way to market it, that is, "sexism". I hold The Guardian in high regard, so I was surprised the article came from it.