“The dash is an invitation to the reader to make meaning,” Dr. Smith said. “It can also be a leap of faith.” Grammarians don’t necessarily see it that way.Mary Norris, the New Yorker’s ...

The dash is the Kim Kardashian of punctuation marks: misplaced, over-exposed, shamelessly self-promoting, always eager to elbow out her jealous sisters the comma, colon, and semicolon.

Semicolons to link clauses make sentences longer and less readable with nothing to gain except a chance for the writer to show off her knowledge of semicolons. Rude. Dashes, colons and commas have ...

Our best punctuation mark is dying out; people need to learn how to use it. The poor, misunderstood semicolon is under threat. Helen Coffey laments its decline and makes the case for re-educating ...

A period or possibly a semicolon would be better. But not everyone agrees with me. News publications usually put a space on either side of an em dash — making it sort of float.

The song covers colons, semicolons and dashes and is great as a refresher for students. KS2 English: Bullet Points. video KS2 English: Bullet Points.