Punctuation Pests
Choose your Pest.
Each one is a punctuation mark used carelessly. Learn how it works, then use it with purpose.
Commas
Comma Clara
Scatters commas by feel instead of by sentence structure.
Apostrophes
Apostrophe Archie
Hoards apostrophes and drops them in the wrong place.
Periods
Period Pete
Hoards periods, then drops them too early, too late, or twice.
Semicolons
Semicolon Seymour
Connects anything to anything, whether or not it can stand on its own.
Colons
Colon Cole
Drops a colon anywhere, even where nothing needs introducing.
Quotation marks
Quotation Quinn
Steals quotes and shifts meanings, putting marks around words nobody said.
Hyphens
Hyphen Hannah
Welds words together—or pulls them apart—until the meaning shifts.
Dashes
Dash Dexter
Breaks into sentences and stretches ranges until the marks lose their jobs.
Coming soon
Question marks
Question Quincy
Not yet available
Parentheses
Parenthesis Penny
Not yet available
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