Punctuation is a deeply conservative club. It hardly ever admits a new member. — Mary Norris Copy Share Image
smoking had come to be an important punctuation mark in the long sentence of a day on the road. — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“Oh yes, sir. There's no doubt about it, sir. The Punctuation Murderer has struck again.” — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
I want to change my punctuation. I long for exclamation marks, but I'm drowning in ellipses. — Isaac Marion Copy Share Image
It's Powerful That Even A Small Dot Can Stop A Big Sentence. But Few More Dots Can Give A Continuity... Amazing But… — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
A dash is a mark of separation stronger than a comma, less formal than a colon, and more relaxed than parentheses. — William Strunk, Jr Copy Share Image
A semi-colon is used when a sentence could have been ended; But it wasn't. — Ramandeep Singh Copy Share Image
“My advice to writers just starting out? Don't use semi-colons! They are transvestite hermaphrodites, representing exactly nothing. All they do is suggest… — Kurt Vonnegut Jr Copy Share Image
“1) I’m, a, comma, whore. Apparently, I throw them around like confetti. Or glitter. The title of my next book: WHY COMMAS… — Kimberly Derting Copy Share Image
If the semicolon is one of the neglected children in the family of punctuation marks these days, told to stay in its… — John Humphrys Copy Share Image
Ladies, if you want to know the way to my heart... good spelling and good grammar, good punctuation, capitalize only where you… — John Mayer Copy Share Image
And if you want to know why great editors scare the pants off of writers everywhere, read 'Eats, Shoots and Leaves' by… — Dorothea Benton Frank Copy Share Image
“No matter that you have a PhD and have read all of Henry James twice. If you still persist in writing, "Good… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
“What sort of person," said Salzella patiently, "sits down and writes a maniacal laugh? And all those exclamation marks, you notice? Five?… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“So, have you seen Flood?" she asked. "Cop?" She added "cop" with a high pop on the p, like it was a… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
Screwing things up is a virtue. Being correct is never the point. I have an almost fanatically correct assistant, and by the… — Robert Rauschenberg Copy Share Image
“The one critisism the author of Slaugherhouse-Five would make of the young writer was what he called a punctuation problem. Mr. Vonnegut… — John Irving Copy Share Image
With 'Scratch,' you create computer programs by snapping together graphical programming blocks, much like LEGO bricks, without any of the obscure syntax… — Mitchel Resnick Copy Share Image
The commas are the most useful and usable of all the stops. It is highly important to put them in place as… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
RHETORIC The art of making life less believable; the calculated use of language, not to alarm but to do full harm to… — Ben Marcus Copy Share Image
“And Homo sapiens only then becomes man in the complete sense of the word, when his punctuation includes no question marks, only… — Zamyatin Yevgeny Copy Share Image
Thurber was asked by a correspondent: "Why did you have a comma in the sentence, 'After dinner, the men went into the… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
From the gardener's point of view, November can be the worst month to be faced: Nature is winding things down, the air… — H. Peter Loewer Copy Share Image
“Apparently, my hopes, dreams and aspirations were no match against my poor spelling, punctuation and grammar.” — Red Red Rover Copy Share Image
Why is a period used to end a sentence? To remind us that even the SMALLEST DETAIL CAN END EVERYTHING. — Jhay Babista Copy Share Image
“Faulkner had an egg carton filled with periods and throughout his writing career, used nearly all of them.” — Kelli Jae Baeli Copy Share Image
I still put punctuation in my texts. If it's an 'I', I make sure it's a capital. — Simon Cowell Copy Share Image
No matter what any of the grammar teachers say, punctuation is an arbitrary matter. It should be used to make sentences clear. — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
“...my war on commas. They are a pestilence. They must be stopped.” — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
Punctuation is a courtesy designed to help readers to understand a story without stumbling. — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
The reason to stand up for punctuation is that without it there is no reliable way of communicating meaning. — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
“He used three exclamation points? That kind of irresponsible punctuation must mean something's up.” — Kerry Winfrey Copy Share Image
In writing, punctuation plays the role of body language. It helps readers hear you the way you want to be heard. — Russell Baker Copy Share Image
“If there is one lesson to be learned from this book, it is that there is never a dull moment in the… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
Punctuation marks are the traffic signals of language: they tell us to slow down, notice this, take a detour, and stop. — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
Grammar is important. For instance, commas save lives: Let's eat grandpa. Lets eat, grandpa. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
