Here are a few punctuation marks we might use or come across, what their proper names are, and where they come from. You may have used an ellipsis without knowing its name and what it means.

Apple's default keyboard encourages lazy typing, especially among younger users. No more commas or periods; everything is the ...

Ordinarily, periods mark the end of a sentence ... When expanding on a statement, the correct punctuation to use is a colon. For example, ‘‘John has one fault: his ego’’.

but do use opening quotation marks at the start the second paragraph. Continue this pattern, using closing quotation marks only at the very end of the quoted material. Placement with other punctuation ...

While there are certainly situations in which one interpretation is unequivocally correct ... by Dues is punctuation—a term ...

I crossed my arms. “Jest if you must, but remember this, proper punctuation is not only pleasing, it’s essential for a fulfilling life.” The bull arched his eyebrows at Scott. “May I?” ...

A rogue resident added an apostrophe with a marker pen "Proper punctuation" will return ... the world after it said it planned to ditch punctuation marks to avoid problems with computer systems.

With dialogue, specific punctuation is needed. Most often, commas and periods go within the quotation marks, but there are some forms of punctuation and examples that go outside of the quotation marks ...

Emphasis—Capitalize the first word after the colon only if it is a proper noun or the start of a complete sentence ... Clarify the titles of books, lectures and other compositions—Use a colon in ...

One could well expand his definition a little and say that good writing involves 'proper words in proper places ... conjectures a psychological linkage between a writer's use of a punctuation mark and ...

If punctuation marks could speak, they might remonstrate us, “How could you do this to us now, after using us all the time?” Young Japanese today are said to feel that use of the “full stop ...