Apostrophes are equal opportunity humiliators. As I wrote recently, apostrophes incriminate less-word-savvy types by popping up in plurals like “We play bridge with the Smith’s” and “He had two ...

We all know how important punctuation marks are in our scripts, because punctuation fills our writing with expression. We pause, stop, emphasise, or question using a comma, a period, an exclamation ...

The significance of punctuation is demonstrated in the difference between announcing dinner and suggesting cannibalism. “Let’s eat, Grandpa!” vs. “Let’s eat Grandpa!” are two totally different things.