punctuation – Right Angels and Polo Bears

How to Style Vertical Lists

Did you know that punctuation “rules” for vertical lists vary according to which style guide is in use? Or that

How to (Canadian) style letters that are not full words: title case, lower case, spall caps, and period-ification of acronyms

Full stop, point, period, dot, or not—using punctuation the Canadian way. Today, in my Canadian, Eh? column at Copyediting.com.

Question marks can be optional, eh? The Canadian Style (guide) shows us that sometimes questioning words are actually forming a

Picks from the interwebs this week for my word- and tech-nerd peeps: science of why a second monitor is the

A simple test for the most exciting punctuation, today, in my Canadian, Eh? column at Copyediting.com. This is a retake on my

Today, in my Canadian, Eh? column at Copyediting.com, I reprise and expand my advice on scare quotes. (Tweet this post by

How to decide when punctuation goes inside the quotation marks. Today, in my Canadian, Eh? column at Copyediting.com. Spoiler: Canadian

Updated May 2020, because internet. There are some punctuation marks that can make prose look absurd — especially with overuse.

Some people argue that using American spelling will open up a whole new market for their book. I don’t know