Avoid excessive use of exclamation marks. Be ambitious – practise using sophisticated punctuation such as semi-colons and colons. Proofread your work carefully.

Most traditional print writing styles vary from online web writing. In many instances, writing for the web uses less formal punctuation and grammar to help ensure clarity and ease of reading. In most ...

Ampersands are not used in the text of reviews or features except when they form part of a corporate name (e.g., AT&T). Even when an ampersand is used in a bib entry or a cite list for a book title or ...

Continue this pattern, using closing quotation marks only at the very end of the quoted material. Placement with other punctuation: A period or comma always go inside closing quotation marks. ("We ...

Charles (never Charlie or Chad) was a serious young man. Sandy’s pet dog (she detested cats) was fifteen years old. If you are using brackets towards the end of a sentence, the full stop to ...

Put an exclamation point inside closing quotation marks when the punctuation applies to the quotation itself and outside when it applies to the whole sentence. Can you believe he said, "You're my best ...