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There's one punctuation mark Gen Z wants you to stop using. Here's what it is—and why it's falling out of favor.
Since then, it has felt that punctuation might have been regaining its proper place. Last September, at Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey, the memorial to the Brontë sisters was finally given ...
The inverted comma is falling out of fashion. Ms Rooney discarded it for her last three bestselling books. This year’s Booker Prize winner, “Orbital”, didn’t use them either.
Semicolon use is down, and its slide is making headlines. In the U.S., these punctuation marks are appearing in published ...
Not only are semicolons evidently becoming more rare, but young people are less aware of how to use them, according to a survey ...
Not as final as a full stop but stronger than a comma; a semicolon can either join or separate. Learn how to use semicolons with BBC Bitesize KS3 English.
According to recent studies, semicolon usage in books has halved in the last 25 years, and the majority of British students say they either rarely use it or don’t understand it at all. Blame the ...
Keep the font, size, and weight consistent. Use either the symbol or “AED” (the currency code), not both. Maintain clarity and legibility, especially in busy retail settings.