When it comes to punctuation marks, the interrobang has by far the coolest name. But like its function, the word interrobang came from a merging of two words based on its two roles within a sentence.
If punctuation had personality, the period would be the logical one, the comma calculated, the semi-colon the rambler and the colon attention-grabbing. And the ellipsis? That’s our mysterious one. What is the ellipsis holding back? What words will we never see in that quoted passage? And why were those words dropped in the first place?…
HINT: Any number higher than one. And here’s why.
Yes, I wrote an entire blog post about how to use a question mark and it wasn’t a waste of my time. Because, in truth, we all are afraid to ask our friends and peers how to add a question mark correctly to a specific question when sentence structure and formatting come into play. Don’t…
This blog post is for Sarah (by request).
In this day and age when emojis and memes are an integral part of virtual communication, it’s tempting to write with symbols instead of words. Just because it’s more fun doesn’t mean it’s accurate. Yes, I’m talking about the ampersand.
