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The Oxford Comma Continues to Divide

Anybody remember Brexit? Before Covid it was dominating headlines around the world. I even came across a story about a comma kerfuffle related to the ...

Punctuation Rules for the Holidays

‘Tis the season for questions about pluralization and apostrophes with last names. Here’s a handy guide to make sure your holiday punctuation is shiny and ...

The Language of the Pandemic: Part II

In May I addressed some of the emerging linguistic questions surrounding the novel coronavirus. Now, a few months into this new non-normal, I find myself ...

The Language of Race

I wrote in my last newsletter about the ways the pandemic is necessitating new terms and the various ways those were being used or spelled. ...

Punctuation in the News: Style Questions Arise from the Pandemic

If you have taken one of my courses, you have likely heard me talk about the Académie Française, the "Supreme Court of the French language," ...

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