Topic: Grammar

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'Fix Unnecessary Ellipses First... Please'

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After we unleashed our wrath about the world's unruly use of exclamation points in emails, we got to thinking: Which other punctuation marks could we do without?

By Ray Gustini

Mar 8, 2012

What the Tweet?

The Unicorn of Insects, Sardines, and Well-Placed Hyphens

After a day of staring at Twitter, we're sharing our favorite tweets that made no sense

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By Ray Gustini

Jan 13, 2012

Why Elmore Leonard Writes; A Defense of Apostrophe Recission

Today in books: Elmore Leonard's new book comes out Tuesday, NPR picks the one poetry collection you need to buy this year, and Bill O'Reilly's Killing Lincoln is going to be a National Geographic documentary.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Oct 31, 2011

Twitter Is Not the Enemy of the English Language

Contrary to all the LOLs, emoticons and hashtags happening in feeds across the Twittersphere, Twitter isn't destroying the English language.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Oct 12, 2011

Once and for All, It's Spelled 'Protester' Not 'Protestor'

That's with an -er, not an -or; go tell your copy editors

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By Adam Martin

Jul 18, 2011

The Associated Press Holds Forth on 'Unfriending'

The news service holds style court on Twitter, which it tells us how to spell

Comments | 441 Views

By Adam Martin

Jun 30, 2011

Oxford Comma's Non-Demise Brings Twitter Comma Creation Fest

A bogus report of Oxford University Press led to online hilarity

Comments | 2,788 Views

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