Politeness isn't even the weirdest thing about the language.

Chrome 151 Beta introduces automatic punctuation for voice recognition, allowing the browser to infer commas and periods from natural speech without spoken commands. The Latest Tech News, Delivered to ...

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With dialogue, specific punctuation is needed. Most often, commas and periods go within the quotation marks, but there are some forms of punctuation and examples that go outside of the quotation marks ...

To avoid an argument and prevent a man from finding out she's angry, a woman uses exclamation points at the end of basic phrases. She's instead focused on her well-being and keeping her relationship ...

Inverted commas are used to show direct speech. They are also known as speech marks. They are placed before and after the exact words a character says. “Shall we go to Grandpa’s house?” asked Sally.

An apostrophe for contraction is used when words are shortened. Most of the time, this happens when two words are joined together, and the apostrophe shows where letters have been left out. For ...