Punctuation

An apostrophe conveys possession in most cases. The rules around apostrophe use change with singular nouns, plural nouns, if a…

Used by some in journalism to convey editorial insertion or clarification within quotes or to mark...

Bullets are used to offset items on a list. The bullet is coded using…

The colon has four punctuation purposes: to set off lists, to set off a clause with emphasis and for use in dialogues…

Commas represent a short pause in a sentence, divide parts of a sentence, or divide items in a...

Use an ellipsis to condense quotes, texts or documents — ensuring not to change the meaning of the quote, text or document. Set…

Use the em-dash between the dateline and the start of the first paragraph, surrounded by spaces;...

The en-dash is used to indicate a span of time or place or to relace the word to. In headlines, sidebars, pullout, graphics, sports stories, etc., an en-dash is used…

Only used in columns or op/ed pieces, with discretion. If used in a quote, it is placed inside the quotation marks and never followed…

A hyphen is used : in compound modifiers (two or more words that express a single concept)...

Use sparingly and try to write around using them. Parentheses are generally not read by not read...

Periods end declarative statements, mildly declarative statements, rhetorical statements and...

Use a question mark at the end of a direct question, an interpolated question, at the end of a...

The quotation mark is used around direct quotes; partial quotes and quote fragments; and words or...

A semi-colon has two uses: (1) to separate items within a list and (2) to connect two sentences or...