February 18, 2025
Have you ever thought about where punctuation came from? The Birth of Punctuation You might think that periods, commas, semicolons, and dashes are as old as written language, but actually, for a long time, people would just write things down Read more…
The world of punctuation marks is a kind of soap opera. Some of the characters include the stoic, dependable period; the excitable and somewhat controversial exclamation mark; the overworked, flustered comma; the overlooked and under-appreciated semicolon; etc. Sometimes, those characters Read more…
Question marks might seem fairly straightforward: they come after a question. Easy enough! 😅 However, a few complications might pop up when it comes to punctuating indirect questions, deciding how question marks interact with other punctuation marks, and—heaven forbid—dealing with Read more…