Punctuation marks are the unsung heroes of writing. Everybody uses them and whenever they do not it looks weird to see a sentence run on so long without any breaks. Scientist and Princeton University ...

The em dash, one of the most versatile punctuation marks in English, has become widely associated with AI-generated text ...

Such a brilliant title! You might have almost predicted the success of Eats, Shoots & Leaves, Lynne Truss's guide to punctuation. Even the most junior publicist could have charted the book's various ...

Statistical analysis of classic literature has shown that the way punctuation breaks up text obeys certain universal mathematical relationships. James Joyce's tome "Finnegans Wake," however, famously ...

Today is a special holiday! Happy National Punctuation Day. Punctuation can be both the great love and the occasional bane of a writer's existence, and it's not strange that a love affair may crop up ...

A moment's hesitation... Yes, a full stop here – but shouldn’t there be a comma there? Or would a hyphen be better? Punctuation can be a nuisance; it is often simply neglected. Wrong! The most recent ...