Punctuation Day is celebrated every year on September 24th.
Punctuation hasn’t changed much since 1500 (except for the introduction of computers). With the publication of the Guttenberg bible, printing had arrived and required standardized punctuation. Within 50 years that was achieved. So, how did we get there?
Read my previous blog on punctuation for an in-depth look at its history.
The English got their alphabet when Christian monks arrived in the 6th century CE with their Latin alphabet to replace the native […]
National Grammar Day was first celebrated in 2008 by founder Martha Brockenbrough to promote awareness and understanding of proper grammar. The day’s […]
The United Nation’s celebration today fosters multilingualism for inclusion in education and society. International Mother Language Day recognizes that languages and multilingualism […]
There was no discrete dividing line between Old English, according to John McWhorter in The Power of Babel, which as spoken would […]
