As a new owner of an iPhone 5 that can take dictation, I’m still playing around with Siri and the various places and times that it makes sense to use my voice instead of the keyboard. Obviously, a ...

The next time you go sending a message with punctuation marks, you might want to leave them out, unless you want to appear like a know-it-all busybody, that is. According to new research out of ...

If you’ve spent the weekend enjoying a good book in the May sun, you might not have been thinking about mathematics. But if you were reading a book in a Western language, there’s a good chance that ...

Contrary to popular belief, commas don't just signify pauses in a sentence. In fact, precise rules govern when to use this punctuation mark. When followed, they lay the groundwork for clear written ...

While we all slip up from time to time, there are some basic punctuation mistakes you should never make in formal writing. For example, don't confuse "it's" and "its," don't use an apostrophe to ...

Most of us are familiar with “Boomer ellipses,” or the ominous ”...” some texters use in place of a full stop or comma. Even double spacing can reveal your age; older typists prefer it, especially ...

A writer who stopped using punctuation in the 1960s and spent much of the last 30 years secluded in Hawaii will become the nation's next chief poet. The Library of Congress is announcing Thursday that ...