National Punctuation Day!

[jonks]

http://www.nationalpunctuationday.com/

No joke. (2 spaces) Post some advice for those in need.

' = apostrophe, not an apostate

 

[olds]

that is great we need a day like this so people will write good to many people cant right and don't care about writing well!

 

[funkymatt]

this day is a day late and doller short

 

[meltdown75]

*flip*

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
that is great we need a day like this so people will write good to many people cant right and don't care about writing well!

i went to school so i could get a good job and i learned to write and speak good too which is also very good

 

[spidey07]

I, as a poster, am grateful for punctuation; it only makes sense.

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Advice.

The poor semicolon is often misused and frequently forgotten about; it's very useful and can be used to join clauses and conditional statements.

 

[effowe]

Lippman: And, anyway I was just reading your final edit, um, there seems to be an inordinate number of exclamation points.

Elaine: Well, I felt that the writing lacked certain emotion and intensity.

Lippman: Oh, "It was damp and chilly afternoon, so I decided to put on my sweatshirt!"

Elaine: Right, well...

Lippman: You put exclamation point after sweatshirt?

Elaine: That's that's correct, I-I felt that the character doesn't like to be ch-ch-chilly...

Lippman: I see, "I pulled the lever on the machine, but the Clark bar didn't come out!" Exclamation point?

Elaine: Well, yeah, you know how frustrating that can be when you keep putting quarters and quarters in to machine and then *prrt* nothing comes out...

Lippman: Get rid of the exclamation points...

Elaine: Ok, ok ok ...

Lippman: I hate exclamation points...

Elaine: ...ok I'll just....

 

[AbAbber2k]

Text
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[Atomic Playboy]

?

 

[CraKaJaX]

What dat?

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: spidey07
I, as a poster, am grateful for punctuation; it only makes sense.

-edit-
Advice.

The poor semicolon is often misused and frequently forgotten about; it's very useful and can be used to join clauses and conditional statements.

I use the semicolon all the time when writing papers. Most people don't know how to use it though.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Originally posted by: Shawn

Originally posted by: spidey07
I, as a poster, am grateful for punctuation; it only makes sense.

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Advice.

The poor semicolon is often misused and frequently forgotten about; it's very useful and can be used to join clauses and conditional statements.

I use the semicolon all the time when writing papers. Most people don't know how to use it though.

Have you ever read any Thomas Hobbes? There was a man who made full use of the semi-colon. It's rumored that he published a 247 page treatise on ecumenical philosophy in the role of the state without using a single period, though no copies of the document remain today.

 

[OCGuy]

If this and pirate day could somehow be combined....we would have a winner!

 

[SirStev0]

fuck that

 

[imported_Relentless]

I recommend it be National Punctuation Day every day.

 

[dbk]

I always wondered about the use of " - " in text instead of a comma or a semicolon. http://www.wikihow.com/Properl...in-an-English-Sentence

Has this always been the case? I don't remember learning this at school.

 

[FeuerFrei]

's doesn't make it plural! :frown:

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: dbk
I always wondered about the use of " - " in text instead of a comma or a semicolon. http://www.wikihow.com/Properl...in-an-English-Sentence

Has this always been the case? I don't remember learning this at school.

I'm a huge fan of the dash - I use it often in formal communication, however; it's use can be confusing.

 

[SirStev0]

Originally posted by: Relentless
I recommend it be National Punctuation Day every day.

disagree

 

[Arcadio]

Does. Premature punctuation count?