No piece of punctuation, though, stirs people up more than the humble semicolon. Too demure to be a colon but more assertive ...

Like the fissionable atom, punctuation marks are wee items capable of causing a tremendous release of energy. Passionate ...

Commas, periods, dashes, colons or even nothing, according to McLendon. Quick, punchy and versatile, the em dash can mimic semicolon pauses without the perceived snobbery.

There's one punctuation mark Gen Z wants you to stop using. Here's what it is—and why it's falling out of favor.

Using a full stop in texts could be giving away your age, an expert has suggested. Noël Wolf, a linguistic expert, said young people – aged from 13 to 28 – were rewriting the rules to “shift” the ...

Not only are semicolons evidently becoming more rare, but young people are less aware of how to use them, according to a survey ...

Oxford commas invite outrage; semicolons invoke scorn; one 2003 grammar book suggested that a misplaced apostrophe should trigger emotions “similar to the stages of bereavement”.

News News: Punctuation plays a vital role in shaping how writing is understood. From full stops to semicolons, each mark helps guide meaning, structure, and emot ...

Also, you must know the difference between punctuation marks like the full stop and a semi colon; comma and the semi-colon as well as a hyphen and a dash.

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 ...