Should You Use Parentheses in Your Writing (or Not)?
Do you ever find yourself wanting to make a short aside to your readers? Maybe you need to add some additional information or clarify a point? Perhaps you are in the mood for a short digression?
Lurking in the Ellipses
You know that moment. Your thought has trailed off. You leave the sentence open-ended. It might suggest an idea not fully formed. Or imply an awkward silence. On the other hand…
The Apostrophe Is Dead. Long Live the Apostrophe!
“The apostrophe,” according to R.L. Trask, author of The Penguin Guide to Punctuation, “is the most troublesome punctuation mark in English, and perhaps also the least useful. No other punctuation mark causes so much bewilderment, or is so often misused.”