The period — the full-stop signal we all learn as children, whose use stretches back at least to the Middle Ages — is gradually being felled in the barrage of instant messaging that has become ...

An interesting-for-English-teachers article in today’s New York Times talks about the changes in the way people are employing the period at the end of sentences. The change is especially notable in ...

The period is in peril. Right, I’ve heard of it. Don’t use it though. That’s the problem. Problem? Professor David Crystal, a language expert recently quoted in a New York Times story, says the ...

Texting may have made us better communicators in terms of frequency, but can we say that about our accuracy? The 21st century and our efficiency-above-all approach may have left grammar behind. As ...

Fine. Sure. Yes. No. Hardly. Whatever. In a longer piece of writing like an article, blog post or even email, periods are usually necessary. They show the reader where one thought ends and another ...

This is the greatest research ever conducted on punctuation. Period. So-called “textisms” — i.e., emoji, deliberate misspellings (“soooo”) and irregular punctuation (“!!!”) — are believed to add ...

America is now a nation at war. I’m not talking about the one between rich and poor, migrants and nativists, or Republicans and Democrats. No, this conflict is far more divisive and potentially ...

This is the greatest research ever conducted on punctuation. Period. So-called “textisms” -- i.e., emoji, deliberate misspellings (“soooo”) and irregular punctuation (“!!!”) -- are believed to add ...