There's one punctuation mark Gen Z wants you to stop using. Here's what it is—and why it's falling out of favor.

When The Independent published Helen Coffey’s passionate eulogy for the semicolon – that misunderstood and underappreciated jewel of English punctuation – the reaction from our readers was ...

Most fired USAID workers were officially taken off the payroll this week. One employee grapples with the abrupt loss of a ...

Grammar nerds will attest to the versatility of the em dash, not to be confused with the shorter en dash (–) or the even shorter hyphen (-). The em dash allows writers to freely — and wildly — spill ...

Punctuation plays a vital role in shaping how writing is understood. From full stops to semicolons, each mark helps guide meaning, structure, and emotion in a sentence. Misuse can lead to ...

For Gen Z, though, this lack of care for punctuation goes beyond casual text messages. One millennial wrote about how ...

The humble comma is one of the most misused punctuation marks. Use it to separate elements in a list, break up independent clauses joined by conjunctions, or add clarity to a sentence. However ...

Like the fissionable atom, punctuation marks are wee items capable of causing a tremendous release of energy. Passionate ...

I've outed myself as a word nerd at my new job. I pondered aloud whether to use "is" or "are" in a sentence, grappling with a tricky case of a plural that may, in some circumstances, be treated as ...

English is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world, yet even fluent speakers often slip up when it comes to ...