In this series, we shine a spotlight on the most unsung heroes of language: punctuation marks. For this part of the series, we’re going to talk about quite a breathtaking mark. Like others, this one gets overlooked a lot, but if not for this particular punctuation mark, we probably would hav...

Whether it’s to cut down on tedious pronunciation or simply to say which thing belongs to whom, the irreplaceable apostrophe stands—or rather hangs—as one of the most essential and important punctuation marks in the English language. If you’ve ever been in a hurry, you’ll know tha...

Writers collect words and put them together to create one meaningful story, but even if you have a wide range of vocabulary to choose from, a sentence’s meaning immediately gets lost with a single misuse of a punctuation. Yes, you want to express yourself through writing, but if you are us...