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Absolutely, I'm more than happy for this to be repeatedly used and referenced

Indeed - this article is intended as more of a beginner's guide for tidying up common errors. I didn't get into the debate about the use of semi-colons for that reason, or talk about the finer stylistic points of the ellipsis vs the hyphen. Which is no reason why you all can't talk about it...

It can actually be done both ways. Interrobangs are sometimes considered to be amateurish or incorrect, but since that's really an argument about style I didn't include that in the article.

Why is Punctuation Important? The most basic reason is that punctuation makes writing easier to read. Punctuation is usually ‘invisible’ to a reader – in other words, when used correctly, most readers don’t notice punctuation is there. On the other hand incorrect punctuation is usually instantly...