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 ...

Rejoice, my fellow grammar fanatics, for today is National Punctuation Day! If you're* friends who haven't quite grasped (or simply don't care about) the concept of run-on sentences and the Oxford ...

Word, word, word, word, word, punctuation mark. This is how we read. Sometimes there are more words, or fewer. Occasionally additional marks—commas, em-dashes—enter the mix. But that’s pretty much how ...

Speaker 1: Commas are punctuation marks that are vital for helping us to be understood correctly. Speaker 2: (TO OTHER PEOPLE) Can you believe I wrote that on my dating profile? Speaker 1: Hobbies and ...

If you don't know how to punctuate an adverb clause or couldn't advise someone when to use a semicolon rather than a colon—even with a gun to your head—consider the two standards for punctuation in ...

When you reach the end of a sentence, you need a period, question mark, or exclamation point. Phrases or subordinate clauses standing alone are missing a subject or a verb or are stated in such a way ...

I’ve been thinking about the well punctuated life. As a writer I am concerned with punctuation. Sentences will make more or less sense depending on the use and placement of punctuation marks. Students ...

Several writers and inventors in the last century tried to introduce new marks of punctuation into the English language – but they all failed. Keith Houston tells their story. In the 1930s and ’40s, ...