Hyphens [also known as dashes or minus signs] are simple on a typewriter. There is one type of hyphen. Need a longer dash, then type two or three hyphens. Microsoft Word has six forms of hyphens, not ...

Penn State's student style guide warns them that using too many hyphens could make them go mad, and wrestling with Microsoft Word about its default hyphen insertion could do much of the same. Word's ...

In the years I’ve been writing this column, I’ve heard from a lot of people with vivid memories about grammar lessons they got in school. Some recall teachers who had strong opinions on “whom.” Others ...