Is generational punctuation still a thing?

Language Log 2026-07-19

Summary:

Apparently so, though it's continuing to evolve. Reviewing Florence Hazrat's forthcoming book On the Mark: From Periods to Interrobangs, How Punctuation Remade the World, Judith Shulevitz focuses on the current generational and contextual differences in English punctuation ("Punctuation: A generational divide", The Atlantic 7/14/2026). There was a flurry of attention to such things a couple […]

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Mark Liberman

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07/19/2026, 11:11

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07/19/2026, 10:46