Several writers and inventors in the last century tried to introduce new marks of punctuation into the English language – but they all failed. Keith Houston tells their story. In the 1930s and ’40s, ...

EVER wondered what some strange punctuation marks mean in written text? Or are you bored of using the same old question mark? Well, here is a list of 10 things you may not know about English ...

For decades, grammarians studying ancient Syriac texts were puzzled by the meaning of a symbol that resembles a modern colon. But a Cambridge researcher says that he's uncovered the mystery behind ...