Tag Archives: punctuation

Where the three dots came from …

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Robert Basil

In a recent piece in The Guardian, “Unfinished story … how the ellipsis arrived in English literature,” Alison Flood describes the work of Cambridge University professor Anne Toner, who locates the origin of the ellipsis – “the mark of incomplete … Continue reading →

Posted in Robert's posts | Tagged , | Leave a comment

The angry period. When texting.

Posted on October 9, 2015 by Robert Basil

Writes Clair Landsbaum in complex.com: It’s much easier to be aggressive over text because you’re not face-to-face with the person you’re talking to, and people are finding new ways to express that aggression via the humble period. A new study … Continue reading →

Posted in Robert's posts | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment