As odd or petty as it may seem, at some point in every semester, for every class I teach, I emphasize the correct way to write an ellipsis, with the admonition that it is the most important thing a ...

Admittedly, using ellipses correctly according to spelling rules is cumbersome. However, isn’t the bittersweet charm of K-office life reading nuances between “nep” and “ne”? Rather than causing ...

This is an excerpt from Post copy editor Bill Walsh’s monthly Grammar Geekery chat, which takes place the first Tuesday of each month. Chatters wanted to explore the many punctuation marks that ...