Michigan company says SarcMark should be official punctuation mark for sarcasm. Jan. 18, 2010— -- Watch out, :-) Stand aside, j/k. There's a new kind of punctuation in town and it wants sarcasm ...

As someone who enjoys writing about video games in a snarky tone that doubtlessly convinces everyone I'm a horrible ...

Apostrophes are equal opportunity humiliators. As I wrote recently, apostrophes incriminate less-word-savvy types by popping up in plurals like “We play bridge with the Smith’s” and “He had two ...

In the 3rd century BCE, the Greeks wrote without any spaces, punctuations or distinction between capital letters or lowercase. To the modern eye this would look like undecipherable code: just capital ...

British bestseller is finding fans in U.S. too. Read an excerpt of Lynne Truss' book, 'Eats, Shoots & Leaves: A Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation.' There’s a new British invasion coming to ...

It’s hard to believe the year we have had. Even harder that a punctuation mark could help explain it. But when you consider the history of the interrobang—a largely forgotten symbol that marries both ...

When reading a classic book, we tend to pay attention to the themes, the characters, and the story. We say the words aloud. We notice everything, in fact, except for one crucial thing: the punctuation ...

Gen Z: I am — and I don’t say this lightly — so busy. Boomer: What’s with all the dashes? Is Morse code having a moment? Em dashes are a vibe. One X user calls them the ‘coolest punctuation ever’ — ...

National Punctuation Day, which took place on Wednesday, turned 10 this year. The brainchild of Northern California education booster Jeff Rubin, the annual event aims to help kids learn about periods ...

When helping college students improve their writing skills we often discuss the use of semicolons. Most young writers choose to avoid using this punctuation mark completely; some use it incorrectly, ...

I noticed that alternate-side parking was not suspended for National Punctuation Day, although street signs and updates from the Department of Transportation feature the faithful ampersand (Tues & Fri ...