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As we pored over the transcripts of the newly declassified John F. Kennedy recordings—45 of the 248 hours of taped conversations during his White House years—our thoughts turned immediately to social media.

She's renowned for her precise, exquisite prose, but new research shows Jane Austen was a poor speller and erratic grammarian who got a big helping hand from her editor.

In an age of Twitter when brevity takes on new meaning the most popular guide to writing clearly and concisely remains The ...

William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White worked four decades apart, but that didn't stop their book, "The Elements of Style," from becoming one of America's most influential and best-known guides on grammar and usage.