No one has won the Daytona 500 for the first time after 20 consecutive unsuccessful attempts. Kyle Busch is trying to change ...

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From love points to friendly periods, these punctuation marks speak volumes about how we approach — or have yet to embrace — communication.

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Much has been made (in my circles, at least) about the stylized quotation marks in the title of Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights.” Does the punctuation belie a plot twist along the lines of Don’t ...

What did the apostrophe ever do to deserve this? To understand its predicament, an examination of its origins might help. Despite existing in languages such as Catalan, French and Italian, the ...

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I was having a colonoscopy on New Year’s Eve, as one does, and I awake with the news that I might have cancer. Or I might not. Or I have a polyp that will certainly turn into cancer. Or not. Either ...

“Thank You, God, for putting periods on sentences that I wasn’t strong enough to end.” – Unknown I’m so thankful for the sentences that God put a period at the end of when I was FAR from strong enough ...

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 ...