This generational texting habit might be worse than using capital letters. When typing a large paragraph, older adults might use what has been dubbed “Boomer ellipses” — multiple dots in a row also ...

Imagine you’re playing charades. You draw a card that prompts you to act out a phone conversation. What shape does your hand take? If you’re over the age of 15, you’ll probably extend your thumb and ...

Narrator: It can be used in a number of ways. To show a word, or words, have been removed from a quote. Brain likes cake, which he never shares, he has one in the cupboard. If the middle section isn’t ...

A lot of things change as generations change, including fashion choices, eating habits, dating styles, mediums of communication and entertainment. Certain things will become part of everyday life as ...

Did you know that using two spaces after a full stop in typing can reveal your age? It’s a holdover from the mechanical issues presented by typewriters – even style guide APA, a “staunch defender” of ...

Writing coach and CUNY Journalism Press editor Timothy Harper tells us how to properly use ellipses, em dashes, and parentheses. FULL TRANSCRIPT: The default, typically, when we’re using punctuation ...