“I apologise if you all know this, but the point is many, many people do not. Why else would they open a… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
Listen and learn: you need fourteen characters, minimum. Use random letters, not words. Here’s a tip: think of a sentence, and use… — Julie James Copy Share Image
This sucks on so many levels." Dialogue from "Jason X" Rare for a movie to so frankly describe itself. "Jason X" sucks… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
“In the United States, periods and commas go inside the quotation mark. In Britain, they go outside the quotation mark. Squiggly said,… — Mignon Fogarty Copy Share Image
I do not worry or even think of spelling, grammar, paragraphing, or punctuation (except periods) at this point. . .In the early… — Mary O'Neill Copy Share Image
“Punctuation comes from the Latin root punctus, or “point.” Those funny dots, lines, and squiggles help writers point the way. To help… — Roy Peter Clark Copy Share Image
The correct way to punctuate a sentence that states: "Of course it is none of my business, but -- " is to… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
“the American essayist Lewis Thomas on the semicolon: The semicolon tells you that there is still some question about the preceding full… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
Stupid word, that. Period. In America it means 'full stop,' like in punctuation. That's stupid as well. A period isn't a full… — Michelene Wandor Copy Share Image
I've always loved the flirtatious tango of consonants and vowels, the sturdy dependability of nouns and capricious whimsy of verbs, the strutting… — Dennis Miller Copy Share Image
“Clicking on "send" has its limitations as a system of subtle communication. Which is why, of course, people use so many dashes… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
“So the fire and its subsequent flood, wich destroyed everything left that was not flammable and added a particularly noisome flux to… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
If a period is a stop sign, then what kind of traffic flow is created by other marks? The comma is a… — Roy Peter Clark Copy Share Image
“I tried to put the displacement between parenthesis, to put a last period in a long sentence of the sadness of history,… — Mourid Barghouti Copy Share Image
“He lives at Balbec?” crooned the Baron in a tone so far from interrogatory that it is regrettable that the written language… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
I didn't have to think up so much as a comma or a semicolon; it was all given, straight from the celestial… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
My attitude toward punctuation is that it ought to be as conventional as possible. The game of golf would lose a good… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
“When speaking aloud, you punctuate constantly — with body language. Your listener hears commas, dashes, question marks, exclamation points, quotation marks as… — Russell Baker Copy Share Image
“April 6—Today, I learned, the comma, this is, a, comma (,) a period, with, a tail, Miss Kinnian, says its, importent, because,… — Daniel Keyes Copy Share Image
We all need something to help us unwind at the end of the day. You might have a glass of wine, or… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
I hope that my ideas attract a lively dialogue, even if my sentences are simple. Simple sentences have always served me well.… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
This morning arrives a letter from my ancient silver-mining comrade, Calvin H. Higbie, a man whom I have not seen nor had… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I will use a form of punctuation of my own, which will be something like this - when one is beginning he… — Anne Ellis Copy Share Image
“He stood in the doorway of her office. He was, as always, the consummate scoundrel. He leaned against the doorframe, smiling—almost smirking—at… — Courtney Milan - The Suffragette Scandal Copy Share Image
“Nora— Forgive me for copyediting, but it must be said—you have raped the semicolon yet again. Stop it. It wasn’t asking for… — Tiffany Reisz Copy Share Image
But phony, Hemingway was not, and poseur he was not. He did not shoot lions and leopards because he was searching for… — Robert Ruark Copy Share Image
Every single aspect of a text requires very careful choices and rigorous evaluation. Style is employed - or deployed - for a… — C.E. Morgan Copy Share Image
“To have touched the feet of Christ is no excuse for mistakes in punctuation. If a man writes well only when he's… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
Maximum sentence length: seventeen words. Minimum:one No semicolons. Semicolons indicate relationships that only idiots need defined by punctuation. Besides, they are ugly.… — Richard Hugo Copy Share Image
Finally, I would thank, had I not lost his name and address, a gentleman in America, who has generously and gratuitously corrected… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
In lots of books I read, the writer seems to go haywire every time he reaches a high point. He’ll start leaving… — Jim Thompson Copy Share Image
To those who care about punctuation, a sentence such as "Thank God its Friday" (without the apostrophe) rouses feelings not only of… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
Lexical variety, eccentric constructions and punctuation, variant spellings, archaisms, the ability to pile clause on clause, the effortless incorporation of words from… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
“A run-on sentence is when we fuse two or more sentences together without using any punctuation to separate them. For example: I… — Jenny Baranick Copy Share Image
There are 500 reasons I write for children… Children read books, not reviews. They don't give a hoot about the critics… They… — Isaac Bashevis Singer Copy Share Image
I used to enjoy using dots where they would be least expected, not at the end of a sentence but in the… — Tom Wolfe Copy Share Image
When we study Shakespeare on the page, for academic purposes, we may require all kinds of help. Generally, we read him in… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
“I want a pocketful of punctuation marks to end the thoughts he's forced into my head.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
Your story isn't over yet. a semi colon is used when a sentence could have ended but it didn't. — Loi Copy Share Image
![“the American essayist Lewis Thomas on the semicolon: The semicolon tells you that there is still some question about the preceding full sentence; something needs to be added [ . . .] The period [or full stop] tells you that that is that; if you didn’t get all the meaning you wanted or expected…” quote by Lynne Truss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4b9/lynne-truss-4153_quote_the-american-essayist-lewis-thomas-on-th_2003613.jpg)
![“This morning arrives a letter from my ancient silver-mining comrade, Calvin H. Higbie, a man whom I have not seen nor had communication with for forty-four years. . . . [Footnote: Roughing It is dedicated to Higbie.] . . . I shall allow myself the privilege of copying his punctuation and his…” quote by Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9c2/mark-twain-22_ancient_this-morning-arrives-a-letter-from-my-an_1751606.jpg)
