First it came for the commas which are commonly used to denote pauses and breaks in a sentence but are kind of hard to remember and find on the phone keyboard so what's the point right? And now it's ...
Punctuation is a set of specific marks or symbols that we used to express the meaning of our sentences clearly and to make the flow of the text smooth. It shows us where we need to pause, it separates ...
In the 16th century, printers tried a new symbol called the perconation mark. It looked like a reverse question mark (؟), and ...
Tired of ending your sentences with a boring period or exclamation point? Try one of these uncommon punctuation marks instead, and impress your grammar-loving friends. Uncommon punctuation marks ...
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We're using semicolons less and less; the apostrophe still stumps most of us. Meanwhile, @, #, :, ) have new meanings and are performing new roles. Take a look. “Semicolon usage in British English ...
For writers at work, punctuation can slip from a matter of convention to one of obsession. I just finished my poetry thesis last week, and I’m embarrassed to admit the number of times I changed ...