All the fuss about AI and the em dash offers an opportunity to rethink the overuse of this most beloved but mostly ...

We're using semicolons less and less; the apostrophe still stumps most of us. Meanwhile, @, #, :, ) have new meanings and are performing new roles. Take a look.

New symbols are being designed; old marks are serving new purposes. And collectives are actively working to preserve the correct use of the dots and squiggles.

A few Washington insiders across the political spectrum argue that more immigration raids like the one at a Hyundai plant ...

Semicolon use by Americans has dropped by 51% since the early 2000s to once every 378 words; younger Americans say they still ...

A former Amazon employee who taught a business writing course to thousands of fellow employees shares her tips for better ...

Grammar expert June Casagrande has written this column for 20 years and has never written about why she avoids using the word ...

China’s $285 million project in Brazil is a multibillion-dollar threat to U.S. farmers. WSJ’s Samantha Pearson explains. Illustration: Annie Zhao In just a few weeks, U.S. farmers will begin ...

People are increasingly turning to artificial-intelligence chatbots for financial advice — but getting valuable information out of them depends on how you ask for it. In chatbot parlance, this process ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Powell’s Books is facing backlash over recent merch designs due to the use of Artificial Intelligence assistance. The bookstore released a statement on social media writing in ...

Fast-fashion giant Shein has sparked outrage after it appeared to use a likeness of suspected UnitedHealthcare CEO assassin Luigi Mangione to advertise a shirt, with one user calling it “genuinely ...

I will never forget the student who—upon being given 15 minutes at the end of class to get rolling on the writing assignment I’d just given—whipped out their phone and starting furiously typing away.