They’re coming for the semicolons now. First, it was the apostrophe. Then it was the full stop. Then the ellipsis.

Punctuation plays a vital role in shaping how writing is understood. From full stops to semicolons, each mark helps guide ...

What’s with all the dashes? Is Morse code having a moment? Em dashes are a vibe. One X user calls them the ‘coolest ...

Where character counts were constrained, emoticons helped to convey meaning. Punctuation marks could ... Unlike the workaday comma or full stop, it’s fundamentally replaceable – just throw ...

It was born in 1494, in the work of Italian scholar and printer Aldus Pius Manutius (who also introduced italics). It’s use rose by 388% between 1800 and 2006, before falling by 45% over the next 11 ...

Where character counts were constrained, emoticons helped to convey meaning. Punctuation marks could be combined to ... Unlike the workaday comma or full stop, it’s fundamentally replaceable – just ...