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It’s common to be told that filler words are bad, whether you’re in an in-person interview or chatting online, but avoiding them outright can worsen communication.

Like Windows, Google Docs has its own set of keyboard shortcuts. Many of the well-known key combos still apply (such as Ctrl + C to copy and Ctrl + V to paste); however, Docs has its own unique ...

Dr. Berg teaches philosophy at the University of California, Irvine. Last spring, it became clear to me that over half the students in my large general education lecture course had used artificial ...

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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A judge sentenced Sean “Diddy” Combs to four years and two months in federal prison Friday for transporting ...

The humanities are dying and I’m angry. As an English major, watching literacy rates plummet in this country makes me want to ring alarm bells. Some days I feel like going door to door, giving free ...

It's divisive; it cleaves; it drives some people crazy. The writer Kurt Vonnegut said of the semicolon: It's showy; it's chiefly used to show you've been to college. More than two-thirds of young ...

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Kara Alaimo is an associate professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can Take It Back” was ...

The semicolon has been described as a “graceful pause” in writing. But this graceful punctuation mark is being forgotten. Mark Lasswell wrote a recent piece on the semicolon and why it’s fading away ...