Colon (:) A colon is a punctuation mark you will come across very often in different circumstances. It can introduce an example, a list, an explanation, or a quotation.

It is not a very well known punctuation mark, and I believe it should have more recognition. But the interrobang is not alone in the world of under-appreciated punctuation.

I believe the interrobang is a powerful, versatile mark that should be adopted by everyone. The interrobang is a mark for this medium. Digital communication uses punctuation to indicate inflection.

Punctuation is very important because each mark signals what will happen next. A period, question mark, and an exclamation point mean the sentences ends whereas a semicolon or colon may mean a list or ...

The following is the first of three excerpts from Keith Houston’s new book, Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, and Other Typographical Marks. The orthographic world of ...

Proper punctuation is less relevant in an age of fleeting digital communication, and an unscientific survey of Houston teens finds they use very little punctuation in informal correspondence.

Punctuation can be both the great love and the occasional bane of a writer's existence, and it's not strange that a love affair may crop up with regard to one of those marks—or, contrarily ...