Brand names are often written using a combination of uppercase and lowercase letters. Others defy convention by using all lowercase, such as amazon or ebay, or all uppercase, such as IKEA. It turns ...

Capital letters were the backbone of Western civilisation. They paraded about at the start of sentences, puffed up proper nouns and gave the vibe of owning the message. Kids learnt A before a. Essays, ...

Technology is always transforming language and communication. After all, it's thanks to predictive text and autocorrect that a word as innocent as "duck" became synonymous with "fuck." But one of the ...

Cognitive scientists at John Hopkins University noticed that people find it very difficult to identify a lowercase "g", despite seeing it every day. Michael McCloskey, the senior author of the study, ...