As if politics weren’t tricky enough, figuring out when to capitalize political terms can be a challenge! Is it ‘President’ or ‘president’?...

Technical terms can make communication more efficient when a group understands the meaning, but they may create barriers when interacting wi...

Last year, our ESM 437 class compiled a quick reference checklist for general editing, an ideal resource as you finish final papers and prep...

Student writers often confuse the hyphen and dash. A hyphen is a short line (-) used to join words; it occurs on most keyboards as an actual...

Despite the many benefits it offers, the semicolon is often misunderstood—or even feared—and has become increasingly scarce in modern writin...

For the next tip in our Fearless Punctuation Series, we reveal the hidden power of the colon to emphasize and elaborate. We encourage you t...

Environmental media has really taken off as a "hot topic" in the last few years and environmental media centers are springing up a...