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We're using semicolons less and less; the apostrophe still stumps most of us. Meanwhile, @, #, :, ) have new meanings and are performing new roles. Take a look.

Semicolon use by Americans has dropped by 51% since the early 2000s to once every 378 words; younger Americans say they still ...

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Jahard Colon, 23, of Westlake has pleaded guilty to felonious assault after he was accused of beating a woman and leaving her ...

With the ever-evolving technological industry, the trend is shifting from complex programming languages to simple English ...

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A recent book on her career in publishing makes the case that the great American novelist should also be seen as a ...

Henry W. Fowler believed he knew how sentences should read—and his judgments have shaped The New Yorker’s style for a century ...

The future of the em dash — and the elements of style more broadly — is in our hands. Let us be a beacon for writers everywhere and keep the shift-option-hyphen in our toolboxes.

A woman was sentenced to life in prison for feeding her family a dish that contained toxic mushrooms. Three people died and another was sickened. Erin Patterson, 50, was sentenced to life in prison ...