The 45th President of the United States is a big fan of a particular type of punctuation – but what does this addiction really mean? Philip Cowell finds out. There is really only one rule when it ...

Y'all, get ready to have your world turned upside down by some titillating grammar news: Someone has introduced a new punctuation mark. While it may not seem like a big deal to you, for an English ...

The exclamation point can be overused, gratuitous — and misunderstood, unfairly maligned. It can be applied to highlight a legitimate crescendo at the end of a sentence and bring home a victorious ...

In a world where written communication is a key part of everyday life, it is important to understand how your communication style may come across. All too often, people use emojis and extra ...

As we gathered punctuation favorites from a range of our favorite writers, novelists, and word-knowledgable people, we ran into a cold, hard fact. Some punctuation marks were hated, perhaps none more ...

It was in my first office job that my habit of writing exclamation mark–ridden work emails first came to my attention. My supervisor noticed the pattern and gently asked me to tone it down. At first I ...

Difficult as it may be to imagine, your author was once a young man. Amongst his many, many pretentions and affectations (the studiously manufactured scruffiness, the fauxhemian sensibilities, the ...