Accurate Quote by Lindley Murray

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

— Russell Baker

“Punctuation comes from the Latin root punctus, or “point.” Those funny dots, lines, and squiggles help writers point the way. To help readers, we…

— Roy Peter Clark

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

Punctuation marks are the traffic signals of language: they tell us to slow down, notice this, take a detour, and stop.

— Lynne Truss

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

— Lynne Truss

Punctuation has its own philosophy, just as style does, although not as language does. Style is a good understanding of language, punctuation is a…

— George Sand

“Punctuation is the pragmatics of written language.”

— M.B. Parkes

The Biblical text does not have punctuation marks like periods and question marks. Where we end sentences is a matter of interpretation.

— Elie Wiesel

Punctuation is a fabulous tool for controlling your reader - you even get to control where they breathe. That's what I call power!

— Nicola Morgan

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

— Andy Rooney

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