Punctuation

Apostrophes — Contractions & Misuse

That café sign selling 'apple's' and 'coffee's' — the plural apostrophe that never should exist

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Commas after Introductory Elements

That little pause after your opening line — comma or not, and why it changes the meaning

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The Comma Map — Which Comma Problem?

Your finger's hovering over a comma key and you genuinely don't know why — start here

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Semicolons & Colons

One sentence ends, another begins right after it — semicolon, colon or full stop, sorted

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Quotation Marks — UK vs US Compared

On the copy desk, halfway through a piece — which side of the Atlantic are your quotes on

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Quotation Marks — Pick Your Variety

Single or double, UK or US — pick your quote-mark style once and never wobble again

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Dashes (En & Em)

That aside you tack onto an email at 4:55 on a Friday — en dash or em, sorted

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Hyphens & Compound Adjectives

You write 'ten year old boy' and pause — is that hyphenated, and where exactly do they go

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Parentheses & Brackets

Finishing an email at ten to five, you wonder where the full stop lands with brackets

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The Punctuation Map

A calm way in — which mark to open next and where UK and US really part ways

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Punctuation — Complete Map

Every article in the Punctuation pillar, mapped. Start with the opener below.

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