Punctuation adds a lot of clarity and meaning to our writing.... ...n we add more? There are quite a few lesser-known punctuation marks we should be using to dress up our essays,...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/10/05/13-Little-Known-Punctuation-Marks-We-Should-Be-Using/
September 24th is National Punctuation Day. Happy punctuating! I found this out by visit... ...a cake, or often more than one cake. For National Punctuation Day, they have six cakes and one cake-related sig... ...one cake-related sign, all featuring some kind of punctuation...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/09/24/National-Punctuation-Day/
Exclamation points are useful for communicating em... ...ul for communicating emphasis! But where did this punctuation mark come from?!The current running theory is tha...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/08/26/A-History-of-the-Exclamation-Point/
You know period, comma, semicolon, asterisk, e... ...emicolon, asterisk, etc. but there are a lot more punctuation marks. Can you name some that we don't use all th... ...e all that often? Easier still, can you match the punctuation mark with its proper name? That's the challenge i...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/04/02/lesser-known-punctuation-marks/
Business names don't always follow the rules of grammar, and some are so old you don't know for sure if they are grammatically correct or not. But you might know what the signs look like -right? We'll find out in today's...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/09/12/store-sign-apostrophes/
For today's Lunchtime Quiz, the folks at mental_floss took a dozen restaurant names from a list of the top 100 US chains. The question is: does the name have an apostrophe or not? It's harder than you think! I only g...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/05/restaurant-apostrophes/
By the way, let the record reflect that I inadvertently created the international emoticon for bipolar disorder today : ) : @zcrantz...
http://www.neatorama.com/twaggies/2011/07/17/no-369-zcrantz/
A tongue-in-cheek opinion piece in the National Po... ...itter, but how much do you really know about this punctuation symbol? This article has the history of the octot...
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/12/08/the-comeback-story-of-the-octothorpe/
How well do you use apostrophes? Test yourself with this simple 10 sentence quiz. You can check each answer as you go, which may improve your performance on the later sentences. Yes, I guessed all of them correctly, even...
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/11/19/the-apostrophe-quiz/
Tyler Cowen of the blog Marginal Revolution respon... ...on by a reader. It was: If you could create a punctuation mark, what would its function be and what would i...
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/05/18/create-your-own-punctuation-mark/
