At the other end of the spectrum is E. E. Cummings, who turned his back on not just the hyphen but punctuation in general, and in this respect was way ahead of his time.
If an infographic is mathematically accurate but visually confusing, it's useless to the general population, like using perfect punctuation but writing in a language your audience doesn't speak.
Most papers have a copy editing test that requires you to perform well in spelling, punctuation, grammar, and general knowledge.
Furthermore, the ephemeralness of e-mail has contributed to a general sloppiness about spelling, grammar and punctuation.
Arkansas Attorney General, Leslie Rutledge, said "errors of grammar, punctuation and spelling" were the reason behind her rejection of the constitutional amendment, the Associated Press reports.
Neither the Sinhalese numerals nor U+0DF4 ෴ Sinhalese punctuation kunddaliya is in general use today.
After the death of William Safire, the On Language columnist for The Times, she wrote a tribute on the Communispace Web site, calling him "a five-star general on the rocky road to perfect punctuation and exquisite language".
Christine Blower, general secretary of the NUT, said pupils' grammar, punctuation and spelling were already assessed by teachers on a daily basis.
The final assessment category was "grammar and mechanics," which described general grammatical errors and correct usage of capitalization, punctuation and spelling.
