PUNCTUATION

ENTERTAINMENT
Olivia Jade's Trademark Application Rejected Over Incorrect Punctuation
By Ron Dicker
Officials noted that "proper punctuation... is necessary" for Lori Loughlin's daughter to trademark "Olivia Jade Beauty."
WOMEN
Exclamation Marks Are Feminist As F**k
By Angelina Chapin
Women who use the punctuation mark challenge the sexist notion that “female” qualities are antithetical to good leadership.
EDUCATION
The Language Department
By Stanley Ely, Contributor
Free lance writer and teacher
At least as odd as the "No problem" response--or maybe more--is when the called for "Thank you" is absent. In the South, where
BOOKS
Let's Put An End To The Obligatory Exclamation Point
By Jesse Mechanic, Contributor
Writer. Founding Editor of TheOvergrown.com
Please and thank you!!!
ARTS & CULTURE
The Period Is Dead. Long Live The Period.
By Claire Fallon
The absence of periods in texts means the punctuation mark is dying. Or maybe not.
EDUCATION
Editor at The New Yorker Reveals How the Internet Has Changed the English Language
By Quora, Contributor
The best answer to any question
Answers by Mary Norris, author of Between You & Me, copy editor at The New Yorker, on Quora. And then there is the comma
ARTS & CULTURE
Bad News, Language Pedants: Poll Shows Most People Are Cool With Improper Grammar
By Maddie Crum
When it comes to texts and emails, rules need not apply.
STYLE & BEAUTY
National Grammar Day - How Do You Score on the Digital Dating Scale?
By Julie Spira, Contributor
Online Dating Expert, Bestselling Author, and CEO, Cyber-Datin...
Tumblr 2. Proper Punctuation 5. Take Your Time Remember to always put your best digital foot forward and take the time to
ARTS & CULTURE
Mesmerizing Graphics Strip Classic Books Down To Their Punctuation
By Claire Fallon
Just the quotation marks, apostrophes, and exclamation points. Period.
ARTS & CULTURE
Stop Complaining About The Evolution Of Text Language. Period.
By Sara Boboltz
Although shaking your fist does burn calories.
BUSINESS
Punctuation: Colons Vs Dashes Vs Parentheses
By Dianna Booher, MA, Speaker Hall of Fame, Contributor
CEO, BooherResearch.com Author of Communicate Like A Leader, C...
Precise punctuation provides the traffic signal that makes reading--and communication--quick and easy. Three related punctuation
BOOKS
Are You Botching Hyphenation?
By Rob Reinalda, Contributor
Writer/editor; 28 years in newspapers
Hyphenation can be tricky. There's widespread confusion, it seems, about when and how the tiny line segments should and shouldn't be used. With so many instances in which people guess wrong, covering all the misuses would take acres of the Internet.
ARTS
This Is The Punctuation Mark You've Been Waiting For
By Dominique Mosbergen
BUSINESS
How to Stop Being Late for Everything Once and for All
By Ann Davis, Contributor
Writer and Small Business Owner
You're late everywhere. Troubling, isn't it? You know punctuality would keep you on good terms with your colleagues, your clients and your boss.Yet you're perpetually tardy, and it's hard -- almost impossible -- to be early.
BOOKS
How The Exclamation Mark Went From :-O To ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
By Maddie Crum
Image by Tiara Chiaramonte Which isn’t to say that exclamations are endangered. In fact, they’re cropping up everywhere, to
BOOKS
The Incredibly Useful Punctuation Mark You Should Use More Often
By Claire Fallon
BOOKS
5 Punctuation Marks That Look Nothing Like They Used To
By Keith Houston, Contributor
Author
The comma is one of the oldest marks of punctuation. It was created over 2,300 years ago by a Greek scholar named Aristophanes, head of the fabled Library of Alexandra, in a punctuational big bang that also gave us the colon and the period.
BOOKS
The One Strange Word You're Seeing/Hearing Everyone Use Right Now
By Sara Boboltz
We all love slash can't stop using "slash."
BOOKS
Confused by the Comma? Here's Your Guide
By Rob Reinalda, Contributor
Writer/editor; 28 years in newspapers
The comma is such a little mark, but it can prompt big confusion -- and heated debate -- about its use.
BOOKS
These Things You Do Every Day Have Changed The English Language As We Know It
By Sara Boboltz
Nowadays, we're all nerds. Some of us have started borrowing from HTML coding, using the forward slash as a way to indicate
BOOKS
More English Grammar and Punctuation Rules That Drive Us All Nuts
By Marjorie Hansen Shaevitz, Contributor
Founder, Director, adMISSION POSSIBLE; author, speaker, adMISS...
Rule #2: Strunk and White, the venerable authors of The Elements of Style, suggest that it is almost always preferable to choose the word "use" over the more pretentious word, "utilize."
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