Gary Lineker admits that, when he recently retweeted pro-Palestinian propaganda against Israel, he did not notice that it ...

The Apostrophe Protection Society is going along very strongly; perhaps we need a Semicolon Supporting Society?

"Rend your cheeks and rub ashes into your hair," said The Spectator, for the semicolon, that "most elegant, elusive of ...

open image in gallery Who ... emoticons helped to convey meaning. Punctuation marks could be combined to create rudimentary expressions, such as a colon and a closing parenthesis to indicate ...

Experts believe that the semicolon (;) is in danger of becoming extinct from the English language because of its lack of use.

In that sentence I have used the four principal marks of punctuation: the colon, the semi-colon, the comma and the full stop. Yet, it is reported, the semi-colon is dying out. The reason why is simple ...

I’m talking about the poor, misunderstood semicolon. Yes, that most elegant of punctuation marks – sitting elusively somewhere between an en-dash and a colon – is officially under threat. Its usage in ...

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 ...

There are a few unusual things about Bodo/Glimt. They play in the Arctic Circle, for a start. They’re also the first Norwegian side to reach the semi-finals of a European competition, as they ...