What punctuation, if any, would you add to the following sentence? Exiting your host’s bathroom after half an hour and saying “Don’t worry; I fixed your toilet” is not an example of excellent ...

Editor’s note: This version has been changed from the original to remove one quote that could not be confirmed. May Day! May Day! As of May 12, there are 1.38 million Americans infected, more than ...

A version of this story ran in the September 2015 issue. Melba Martinez received a Ph.D. in interdisciplinary studies in theater, film and performance. Jen Reel Melba Martinez has spent most of her ...

Our language needs quotation marks. Without them, we couldn't know who said what to whom or even what they meant. Unfortunately, using them can prove tricky. Quotations marks appear in both double and ...

What are news readers to make of quotation marks in an article or headline? It seems a simple question, but this punctuation occasionally causes a misimpression. The issue arose recently after The ...