The hyphens and dashes used in English writing are often used inconsistently, regardless of whether the writer is a professional or not. Mister Punctual, a blog that posts articles about punctuation ...

Apparently, my favorite punctuation mark – the em dash – is now considered a red flag that I used ChatGPT. If that’s true, I ...

IN their handling of Philip Roth’s celebrated new novel, Portnoy’s Complaint, the nation’s editors and reviewers faced one of modern journalism’s increasingly recurrent challenges to taste and ...

The debate about ChatGPT’s use of the em dash signifies a shift in not only how we write, but what writing is for. By Nitsuh Abebe There are countless signals you might look for to determine whether a ...

We often focus on choosing the right words when we write—but how often do we think about punctuation? These small symbols—dots, commas, dashes, and more—do more than decorate our sentences. They guide ...