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!” ...

Some once common punctuation marks have fallen out of fashion ... to express emotions was just a bit ahead of its time. After all, aren’t the emoticons we pepper out texts and emails with ...

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 ...

Full stops and commas are punctuation marks. A full stop ends a sentence ... commas to emphasise that growing up is about change. “All childhood is an emigration. Some are slow, leaving you ...

Written by Here Design’s Philip Cowell and designed by the studio’s co-founder Caz Hildebrand, This Is Me, Full Stop gives voice to 12 everyday punctuation marks and has them explain the jobs they do ...

Conflict, after all, is a natural byproduct of differing viewpoints and ... the way we mentally assign timing to the ...

In a previous column, the important role that punctuation marks, notably the comma, full stop and semicolon play in giving meaning, direction and flow to writing was discussed. A missing or ...