There's a well-worn joke that if you call a copy editor anal-retentive, he'll look that up to see if it's hyphenated. It is, I am, and it's my job. Many people can give dignified one-word answers to ...

An entire class of readers has labeled me a comma criminal! The eighth-graders in Mrs. Craft’s honors English class at Briarcrest Christian School in Memphis gave me low marks for omitting a comma ...

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On days like this, kids in costumes aren’t the only spooky things in the neighborhood. Did you know commas can save innocent lives? I wanted to avoid controversial subjects such as killing in this ...

A crumpled exercise book flaps in her quivering grip high above our desks, like a bird flailing for escape. After all, words are the currency of the human brain, driver and result of our neurological ...