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 ...

Punctuation stresses people out. Pretty much everyone in the English-speaking world knows what it’s like to sit at a keyboard, finger hovering above the hyphen or comma key, paralyzed by self-doubt.

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Emphasizes the importance of punctuation in written communication. It follows Tony, a student, as he learns to properly punctuate his report about magician Alberto. Through dialogue and examples, the ...

I’ve gotten a lot of emails recently about where to put periods and commas relative to quotation marks. The notes were prompted by a recent column in which I mentioned that, in American English, a ...

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 ...

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Do you fancy yourself as a bit of a walking dictionary? Do you know your pronouns from your passives, your commas from your clauses? We’ve put together a quiz to challenge you on all things grammar ...