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...

  Prepositions are tricky. They can sometimes be confused with one another because of similarities in spelling, as in the case of “in” and “on.” Sometimes, it’s the direction or position they indicate, as in our case in point, “get off” and “ge...