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 ...

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Glance at these two text messages: “we need to talk” “We. Need. To. Talk.” That shift in punctuation transforms a concerning message into something that feels decidedly more serious ...

There are punctuation symbols that have largely gone the way of the dodo. But while National Punctuation Day, Sept. 24, may be an occasion to pour one out for the pilcrow, that’s not the case for the ...

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 ...

Open any social media site today, and you’ll find a slew of tweets, shorts, messages, videos, photos, and more — almost all written with lower capital letters and barely any punctuation. For me, that ...

A few months ago, one of my fellow mom friends was accused by her teenage daughter of using "aggressive punctuation" in text messages. Since we're both writers, my friend and I discussed this new ...

If you hang out with anyone under 30, you might have noticed that punctuation has been getting a bad rap lately, especially when it comes to texting. While putting a period at the end of a sentence ...