Throughout the film, the killer's actions, though undeniably horrific, are handled with restraint, favouring psychological ...

Next week I start teaching again (the quarter system—I know, I know). What can I say to a group of upper-level, mostly first-gen college creative writing majors staring down high unemployment, a ...

In the winter of 2021, “Saturday Night Live” spoofed the true-crime industrial complex with a musical number called “Murder Show.” The sketch sends up the consumption of spectacular depravity as an ...

A grammar maven and a documentary chronicling her adventures both come to Tulsa this weekend. The documentary “Rebel with a Clause” is about one woman, a table and grammatical queries from people ...

This article is part of The Poynter 50, a series reflecting on 50 moments and people that shaped journalism over the past half-century — and continue to influence its future. As Poynter celebrates its ...

If you've been using computers for more than a couple of decades, you've probably used a serial port to attach peripherals like your mouse and modem. Until the USB standard rendered them obsolete in ...

The default behavior for serial commas seems to be inconsistent: There is no serial comma for references to, e.g., a list of three (non-sequential) sections, but there is one for a list of three ...

Ellen Jovin takes grammar to the streets in this new documentary. Do you ever get confused between “lie” and “lay,” particularly in the past tense? How about the proper time to use “who” and “whom”?

Get unbiased nonprofit watchdog news sent directly to your inbox. More and more writers and publishers are joining newspaper editors in the belief that the second-last item in a series needs no comma ...

DEAR RICHARD: The Oxford comma, also known as the serial comma, is the comma used before the conjunction in a list of three or more items. For example: “I like to eat apples, bananas, and oranges.” I ...