He took punctuation to a new level by introducing three marks: the stroke or slash for marking word groups, the colon for marking specific pauses and the period for marking ends of sentences and ...

Colons are one of the most misunderstood punctuation marks. Many people think they are only used to introduce lists, but they can be used for much more. For example, colons can introduce ...

But what some writers misuse is the “colon.” In my opinion, I think most writers learn how to use the punctuation mark, but seldom use it because the sentences and phrases that they write don’t call ...

A new form of punctuation is infecting the Internet, writes Conor Dillon in an intriguing post on the "jumper colon." A new colon is on the march. For now let's call it the "jumper colon".

Punctuation marks could be combined to create rudimentary expressions, such as a colon and a closing parenthesis to indicate a smiley face (“no worries!!!”) or a colon and an “o” to ...

It was designed as a hybrid punctuation mark to combine elements of a comma and a colon in order to to represent a pause that fell between the length of a comma and a colon.

But if you use them, you’ll find they can show up near a lot of punctuation marks besides dashes. One to look out for: the colon. When a colon and a comma are vying for the same position ...

Yes, that most elegant of punctuation marks – sitting elusively somewhere between an en-dash and a colon – is officially under threat. Its usage in English books has been slashed almost in ...