A new study finds that the period serves important functions in the very text messages that are supposed to spell its demise There are punctuation symbols that have largely gone the way of the dodo.

Open any social media site today, and you’ll find a slew of tweets, shorts, messages, videos, photos, and more — almost all written with lower capital letters and barely any punctuation. For me, that ...

To younger people, putting a period at the end of a casually written thought could mean that you’re raring for a fight. By Max Harrison-Caldwell You’re out with a few friends after a long day at the ...

There are punctuation symbols that have largely gone the way of the dodo. But while National Punctuation Day, Sept. 24, may be an occasion to pour one out for the pilcrow, that’s not the case for the ...