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 ...

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 ...

Quick: When is it appropriate to use a semicolon in a sentence? How about a colon or exclamation point? Not sure? You’re not alone. Punctuation mistakes are common in everything from e-mails to ...

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 ...

Believe it or not, Monday is National Punctuation Day. Now you might think that celebrating those little and lowly dots, lines and squiggles is about as significant as celebrating a popped pimple or ...