Punctuation Quote by John Lennard

“Punctuation is the pragmatics of written language.”

— M.B. Parkes

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

— Muriel Rukeyser

Punctuation is powerful!

— Khat Leen

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

— Russell Baker

“Cruelty to punctuation is quite unlegislated: you can get away with pulling the legs off semicolons; shrivelling question marks on the garden path under…

— Lynne Truss

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

“There's grammar in my bones!”

— Stanley Kunitz

“Like most marriages, ours eventually wore down all the cartilage. We were a hip needing replacement. Bone on bone, grinding, day in and day…

— Frederick Barthelme

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

— Lynne Truss

The flesh of prose gets its shape and strength from the bones of grammar.

— Constance Hale

“A pun is its own reword.”

— Valerie Estelle Frankel

“Spelling and punctuation are completely irrelevant; unless you are hoping to be understood.”

— Henry G. Sheppard