A Chinese writer from Shanxi Province has written a book consisting only of punctuation marks. Ng Ting Ting wrote about it in China Daily online after it was reported by the Beijing Daily Messenger.

Did you know that there is a holiday dedicated to celebrating the importance of proper punctuation? It is called National Punctuation Day, and it is observed on Sept. 24 every year. As far as grammar ...

Quick: When is it appropriate to use a semicolon in a sentence? How about a colon or exclamation point? Not sure? You’re not alone. Punctuation mistakes are common in everything from e-mails to ...

I knew someone was going to mention the dead white males problem. I sort of believe in the existing canon in part simply because it is the existing canon, as you suggest in your note. I mean, if ...

Truss, a longtime writer and editor, is sure that trying to halt the decline would be hopeless, but she wants her new book, ‘‘Eats, Shoots & Leaves'' to at least serve as a warm and funny eulogy to a ...

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Lynne Truss fears the English language could be in its death throes. Proper, written English, that is -- the kind with correctly placed apostrophes, elegantly positioned semicolons, commas in all the ...

Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter For anyone who has done battle with a traditional grammar guide, this book is deliciously heretical. Selwood begins by repunctuating ...