Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on Jan. 2, 2026. Click here for that audio. The semicolon has been described as a "graceful pause" in writing. But this graceful punctuation mark is being ...

Project Semicolon as it is know is an initiative that is ‘dedicated to presenting hope and love to those who are struggling with depression, suicide, addiction and self-injury.’ There a hundreds of ...

So a recent memo I wrote was reviewed and in the flurry of red ink, this sentence was corrected by my manager (some words have been changed):<BR><BLOCKQUOTE class="ip ...

Writers and editors don’t always agree; really, they don’t. There was a time, years ago, when I was an editor at the now defunct Times-Union that I made some changes — necessary, I’m sure — to a story ...

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