“Our findings reveal that the semicolon is an ‘endangered’ punctuation mark - abandoned by many British writers who might have been expected to showcase its value, and often misunderstood by younger ...

Tired of ending your sentences with a boring period or exclamation point? Try one of these uncommon punctuation marks instead, and impress your grammar-loving friends. If you passed the third ...

“Our findings reveal that the semicolon is an ‘endangered’ punctuation mark - abandoned by many British writers who might have been expected to showcase its value, and often misunderstood by ...

Various respected writers, including Kurt Vonnegut, Edgar Allan Poe, Gertrude Stein and Cormac McCarthy, have publicly denounced my favourite punctuation mark as “showy”, “unnecessary ...

The age-old semicolon is dying out as Britons admit to never or rarely using the punctuation mark, a study has found. In 19th century English literature it appeared once in every 205 words ...

Cocogun is leading the human fightback against AI-generated writing, with the introduction of a new punctuation mark: the am dash. Inspired by Descartes’ centuries’ old maxim “I think ...

I’m talking about the poor, misunderstood semicolon. Yes, that most elegant of punctuation marks – sitting elusively somewhere between an en-dash and a colon – is officially under threat. Its usage in ...