5 Quotes by Cecelia Watson

At times I've felt less like a punctuation theorist than like a punctuation therapist

The semicolon was born in Venice in 1494

The semicolon was born in Venice in 1494.

Whether it’s the Manual that peers down from your bookshelf, or Strunk and White, or the APA style guide, or Fowler, or Lynne Truss, it’s fair to ask why we consider these books authoritative, and if there might not be some better way to assess our writing than through their dicta.

At times I’ve felt less like a punctuation theorist than like a punctuation therapist.