This is an excerpt from Post copy editor Bill Walsh’s monthly Grammar Geekery chat, which takes place the first Tuesday of each month. Chatters wanted to explore the many punctuation marks that ...

An ellipsis is three dots used when leaving out a word or a phrase. Three dots: no more, no less and there are different ways to use it. ‘The space station has a cracked window… dangerous.’ Notice I ...

Narrator: It can be used in a number of ways. To show a word, or words, have been removed from a quote. Brain likes cake, which he never shares, he has one in the cupboard. If the middle section isn’t ...