# Brits and their punctuation

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [July 28, 2005, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-and-their-punctuation/314553 "2005-07-28T08:58:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![nanana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/2acd7d/32.png) [@nanana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nanana)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-and-their-punctuation/314553/1 "2005-07-28T08:58:37Z")

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Actually, there is a trend in British and Australian editing/proofreading to ‘unclutter’ their texts with less punctuation. Apparently, this somehow makes the flow of language easier to read and understand.

As seen at [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2\_244a.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_244a.html)