Style guides have made recent updates to their punctuation rules. Grammar columnist June Casagrande suggests ...

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Some time ago, one of my former students requested a column on punctuation, specifically, how to use parentheses and dashes.

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America’s biggest banks would be allowed to hold billions of dollars less in capital on their books under proposals unveiled Thursday, easing rules put in place after the 2008 financial crisis that ...

With spoken English you can trust your instincts but with punctuation you should stick to the rules. When it comes to grammar and word usage, English speakers can trust their instincts. For example, ...

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We take them for granted, but they are the backbone of how we write. Where would we be if you couldn’t emphasize your shock by ending your sentence with “?!” or using “;” to signal a pause? The scene ...

From outfit requirements to prohibited moves, figure skaters adhere to strict guidelines when competing in the Olympics Emily Blackwood is a writer and editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

The “rules-based international order” was never a set of neutral rules. It was a story the U.S. told — about itself, its power and its right to bend norms when convenient. In January, that story ...

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Should people use the Oxford comma? Is there a correct number of exclamation points per email? If someone ends a casual text with a period, does that mean they’re mad at you? This hour: punctuation ...