Books·Updated on Nov 2, 2017Punctuation Marks Ranked From Worst To BestBecause sadly, not all dashes are created equal.by Emmy FavillaBuzzFeed StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 13. Apostrophe 12. Quotation Mark 11. En dash 10. Colon 9. Semicolon 8. Comma 7. Parenthesis 6. Question Mark 5. Ellipsis 4. Hyphen 3. Period 2. Em Dash 1. Exclamation Mark Want more fun thoughts on punctuation? BuzzFeed's former copy chief, Emmy Favilla, wrote a book, and you can preorder it now!