Feelings about the semicolon run strong. Its proper use is a hallmark of literacy. and today we're going to talk about the semicolon. It's the hot new piece of punctuation. Everyone is using it. The ...

If you use the wrong one, you can always claim it was a typo. | Dominique James/iStock via Getty Images Plus Despite what its name suggests, a semicolon isn’t exactly just half a colon—it has its own ...

Colons that precede a series of separate clauses do not inevitably require those clauses to be separated by semi-colons, however. I used semi-colons in the first sentence to give emphasis to the ...

For writers at work, punctuation can slip from a matter of convention to one of obsession. I just finished my poetry thesis last week, and I’m embarrassed to admit the number of times I changed ...

The period (full stop) is perhaps the only punctuation mark that learners and those versed in the English language use correctly. On the other hand, the most misused punctuation marks by both learner ...

You’ve probably seen these two little dots, one on top of the other, scattered throughout your reading material. But do you really know what they’re used for? The colon is not something that shows up ...

Unicorn valuation is nothing but a comma. At least, this is what most startup founders and funders say. Radha Kizhanattam, partner at venture fund Unitus Ventures, explains this comma of a different ...

They may seem tricky, but they're easy to master. This is probably the best-known way to use a colon. You can use it to introduce a list or series, as in, “I’m excited for my classes this semester: ...