Punctuation marks are the flesh and bones of every modern written language. Sometimes, missing out a comma can completely change the meaning of a sentence (for example, “Let’s eat Grandpa!” means ...

Some punctuation marks get all of the attention. The serial comma, for example, is a hot topic, with 11 million Google hits plus another 11 million if you search its other name, Oxford comma.

Without brackets: 'James was taking part in a charity skydive at the weekend.' With brackets: 'James (who was terrified of heights) was taking part in a charity skydive at the weekend.' The sentence ...

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Tog up a sentence with punctuation marks such as brackets. Using the brackets, however, is slightly more difficult than the commas, because the former is employed for short ...