The significance of punctuation is demonstrated in the difference between announcing dinner and suggesting cannibalism. “Let’s eat, Grandpa!” vs. “Let’s eat Grandpa!” are two totally different things.

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 ...

HOUSTON – Proper punctuation is less relevant in an age of fleeting digital communication, and an unscientific survey of Houston teens finds they use very little punctuation in informal correspondence ...

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 ...

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 ...