The # has a name you’d never guess. Developed for touch-tone telephones in 1968, that little hex is called an octothorpe.

Punctuation may seem like a small detail in the grand scheme of writing, but its impact on communication is profound. These ...

Choz Cunningham created a punctuation mark with a similar purpose and called it the “Snark Mark”, he used a period followed by a tilde (.~) at the end of a sentence to indicate snark or a sarcastic ...

With iOS 26 and Apple Intelligence, you can bridge the gap between languages and broaden your linguistic horizons—even if you ...

This study, conducted by Song Zhuoqing, Sun Peng, Yuan Huizhu from ByteDance Seed Lab, and Professor Gu Quanquan from the University of California, Los Angeles, addresses a core problem that has ...

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

AURORA, Ill. — An Aurora man will spend more than 30 years in federal prison for coercing young girls into sending him nude photos under the threat of violence. Richard Barnett, a 46-year-old Aurora ...

Candace Owens has called out Benjamin Netanyahu for 'lying' about Charlie Kirk's views on Israel before he was shot.

Student use of AI has become so prevalent, educators say, that assigning writing as homework is like asking students to cheat ...

Do you ever hesitate before sending an email, weighing whether you should sign off your thanks with an exclamation point ...

The Ivalice Chronicles is a lovingly touched up classic full of plot twists and betrayals that can hold its own against ...