President Donald Trump has made the tricky punctuation mark a signature of his writing style.
Every PR professional knows how great quotes can turn a ho-hum news piece into a compelling story. A storytelling opportunity, quotes are a great way to add context and frame the impact of the news a ...
This is the Grammar Guy column, a weekly feature written by Curtis Honeycutt. I can think of a few things off the top of my head that I hope never to use: math, a fire extinguisher, Pepto Bismol and ...
I don’t remember when I first learned about single quotation marks, but I have a vague memory of assuming they were as useful as quotation marks, or close to it. Sometimes you quote someone. Sometimes ...
An errant set of quote marks can completely change a sentence’s meaning. For instance, a Post-It that reads “I’m ‘sorry’ for eating your leftovers!” from your roommate suggests your roommate isn’t ...