Punctuation marks are the flesh and bones of every modern written language. Sometimes, missing out a comma can completely change the meaning of a sentence (for example, “Let’s eat Grandpa!” ...

Continue this pattern, using closing quotation marks only at the very end of the quoted material. Placement with other punctuation: A period or comma always go inside closing quotation marks. ("We ...

Some once common punctuation marks have fallen out of fashion, while new ones have been suggested to keep up with the way we write and speak today. Here are five punctuation marks that have either ...

Linguist Rob Watts of RobWords looked back into the ancient past to trace exactly when punctuation was put into regular use, ...

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 ...

If punctuation marks could speak, they might remonstrate us, “How could you do this to us now, after using us all the time?” Young Japanese today are said to feel that use of the “full stop ...

The damage left the staff of the Tampa Bay Times unsure when they’d be able to return to their office as they raced to cover ...

The Puerto Rican streamer is the first Vtuber and woman to take the record, during Hispanic Heritage Month nonetheless ...

Whenever you receive a text, scan it for potentially misused or missing punctuation marks. A common mistake in text messages, which also appears frequently on the ACT and SAT, is a misused apostrophe.

Before Edwin Hubble, there was Henrietta Leavitt, whose work made other astronomers’ discoveries possible. Her way of looking ...

Look, I understand his desperation here, but I have to believe Maddie has more important things to be doing — and Athena very ...

J.D. Martinez singled against Jeff Hoffman, Starling Marte was hit by a pitch and Tyrone Taylor walked. After Francisco ...