SOME British readers might wonder why a London-based publication uses double inverted commas like "these". And some American readers may wonder why commas and full stops (er, periods) sometimes appear ...

One person opposed to gay marriage tried to intervene in the discussion, claiming it's right to ignore others' marital status because you disagree with their choice of partner. @NickyAACampbell I ...

You know you're growing up when you lose patience with "inverted commas". I mean in speech rather than in writing. In writing, they remain very useful: how else could we tell the difference between a ...

Everyone over the age of three knows that you can add inverted commas to make Google search for an exact phrase – but there are some tricks known only to elite Google Ninjas. Whether you’re searching ...

Brute force: Forest Whitaker's Oscar-winning performance as Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland. I'm delighted that Forest Whitaker has won an Oscar for his playing of Idi Amin in the adaptation of ...

For as long as I can remember, we, the Bangladeshi people, have struggled to understand where our inverted commas should go. This I have observed in my students’ argumentative essays -- “My name is ...

Mo Mowlam should be grateful that she isn't married to Prince Edward. If she needs confirmation she has only to look at this week's tabloid treatment of Sophie Windsor after revelations that Sophie ...