Most great writers agonise over punctuation. Oscar Wilde wrote that revising one of his poems took a day: the morning to take ...

Punctuation is a set of specific marks or symbols that we used to express the meaning of our sentences clearly and to make the flow of the text smooth. It shows us where we need to pause, it separates ...

Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. The punctuation mark of the ellipsis is perhaps the most unusual mark in the English language, for ...

This lavishly researched book shows that dots and dashes are an essential component of style, whether you’re a medieval monk or Donald Trump ...

A moment's hesitation... Yes, a full stop here—but shouldn't there be a comma there? Or would a hyphen be better? Punctuation can be a nuisance; it is often simply neglected. Wrong! The most recent ...