Inspired by the passionate response to the semicolon’s supposed decline, this quiz invites you to test – and perhaps ...

Effective written communication is crucial in the digital age. Common punctuation errors can undermine credibility in ...

In my last article, I wrote about the use of the comma. Now I feel moved to continue that by considering other punctuation ...

Punctuation plays a vital role in shaping ... You need three things: time, patience, and practice.She had one goal: to win the race.Do not use a colon after an incomplete sentence.

English is weird. Punctuation is weird. And if you’re not careful with both, you can write something weird when you don’t mean to.

"Rend your cheeks and rub ashes into your hair," said The Spectator, for the semicolon, that "most elegant, elusive of punctuation marks", is all but dead. Use of the semicolon (in lists ...

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 ...

I’m talking about the poor, misunderstood semicolon. Yes, that most elegant of punctuation marks – sitting elusively somewhere between an en-dash and a colon – is officially under threat. Its usage in ...

IN FOCUS: The poor, misunderstood semicolon is under threat. Helen Coffey laments its decline and makes the case for re-educating ourselves on its usefulness as the chicest grammatical tool ...

If you have a lot of punctuation which are not full stops, it tells you something about the character’s frame of mind – maybe they’re stressed, panicking, unsure or working something out. Exercise 2: ...

Reporting other people’s speeches or writings is a technical exercise in which punctuation marks play strategic roles. Whether it is in direct speech or the indirect, punctuation marks such as ...