Reading and writing were some of the first things most of us were taught in school. After learning the basics of the ABCs, there was figuring out how to sculpt those letters into sentences, and then ...

Punctuation can get you punched. It doesn’t matter if it’s good punctuation or bad. I’ve irked people using either. There was the time that I was suckered into working on a group project to produce a ...

Correct punctuation is second only to correct pronunciation in the English language. Correct spelling helps, too. And grammar has to be in the mix somewhere. Punctuation Made Easy, an interactive ...

Let me explain. A recent post on Reddit said, "TIL periods in text messages signal I am old." (TIL means Today I Learned, and if you didn't know that, well, TYL.) The post: "I went through all of my ...

A few years back I set out to write a comprehensive punctuation book — one that laid out the rules for proper punctuation in every situation imaginable. How naïve I was. You don’t have to spend a lot ...

The significance of punctuation is demonstrated in the difference between announcing dinner and suggesting cannibalism. “Let’s eat, Grandpa!” vs. “Let’s eat Grandpa!” are two totally different things.