Interrobangs, Semi-Colons, & The Longest Punctuation Mark

Posted in Local Editor Resources on July 26, 2002

There’s recently been some discussion on the editors’ elist about various types of punctuation. Did you know the last punctuation mark officially recognized by the American Typographers Guild in 1967 was the
Interrobang?! There seems to be some hostility towards the semi-colon (seems most folks don’t know how to use it), which led to a discussion about the number of punctuation marks allocated to each of us in life. And do you know how to waltz while writing (2 short sentences, and one long)? Finally, click Read More below to find out the what the longest punctuation mark is…

It’s the hundred-yard dash, of course!