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Some time ago, one of my former students requested a column on punctuation, specifically, how to use parentheses and dashes.

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As drivers, we’re required to “stop and remain stopped” for a pedestrian (or cyclist or personal delivery device) who is ...

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" Thomas Farley, aka Mister Manners, an etiquette consultant whose clients include JPMorgan, Estée Lauder, and the US Army, ...

An economist recently admitted that he spent a long time removing em dashes from text to ensure it does not sound mechanical.

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For our series Making of a Poem, we’re asking poets and translators to dissect the poems they’ve contributed to our pages.

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