Bruce Maxwell, professor of computer science at Northeastern University, was grading exams for his online master’s course in ...

Why are the Epstein files full of highly educated people writing like third graders? Psychology provides an explanation (and ...

As a member of the anti-Oxford faction who holds The Associated Press Stylebook near and dear to his heart, I feel it is my duty to refute the claims made in the Collegian opinion from Feb. 26 titled ...

Anyone who knows, or intuitively understands, that two words describing a noun are hyphenated ends up writing some compounds ...

'The apostrophe's chequered history poses enormous challenges not only for learners of English, but clearly for native speakers too'. Photo: Alamy What did the apostrophe ever do to deserve this? To ...

Currently the wrangle assumes that if example is a string that it's a user shorthand for several examples. This isn't always true, sometimes the example is meant to contain commas. Here's a workaround ...

The following guidelines represent Leeds-specific styles and common sticking points. As language itself is always evolving, issues of style are also in constant flux. Our goal is to provide clear, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...