Doe Quote by George Sand

In writing, punctuation plays the role of body language. It helps readers hear you the way you want to be heard.

— Russell Baker

Punctuation is the art of dividing a written composition into sentences, or parts of sentences, by points or stops, for the purpose of marking…

— Lindley Murray

Punctuation is a courtesy designed to help readers to understand a story without stumbling.

— Lynne Truss

No matter what any of the grammar teachers say, punctuation is an arbitrary matter. It should be used to make sentences clear.

— Andy Rooney

Accent and emphasis are the pith of reading; punctuation is but secondary.

— Benjamin Disraeli

From the reader's point of view, punctuation provides a map for one who must otherwise drive blindly past the by-ways, intersections, and detours of…

— Mina P. Shaughnessy

Punctuation is biological. It is the physical indication of the body-rhythms which the reader is to acknowledge.

— Muriel Rukeyser

The reason it's worth standing up for punctuation is not that it's an arbitrary system of notation known only to an over-sensitive elite who…

— Lynne Truss

With educated people, I suppose, punctuation is a matter of rule; with me it is a matter of feeling. But I must say I…

— Abraham Lincoln

I emphatically do not assert the general 'truth' of this philosophy of punctuational change. Any attempt to support the exclusive validity of such a…

— Stephen Jay Gould

“Punctuation is the pragmatics of written language.”

— M.B. Parkes

Every single aspect of a text requires very careful choices and rigorous evaluation. Style is employed - or deployed - for a reason. It's…

— C.E. Morgan