Love the ellipsis? So do we! But an ellipsis can be a touchy, persnickety little punctuation mark. Used in the wrong situation, ellipses can appear overdone, overly dramatic, silly, sloppy, unnecessary… You get the point. As writers and authors, we may need to ask ourselves if it’s time we push back from the table and… Continue Reading
If you’ve been around long enough, you know that certain kinds of punctuation are trendy (hello, em dash!). And some are like the pets that you put in the backyard when company comes over (we’re looking at you, parentheses). Dashes, commas, colons, and ellipses are often used to heighten drama in a sentence. But not always in… Continue Reading
