It's a chance to review your knowledge of all things punctuation and to puncture any misleading usages of your punctuation marks! This article provides a few ways that you can get into the spirit of the
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Today is the day to pause, perhaps with the help of a comma or two, to commemorate National Punctuation Day. It's part awareness, part celebration of how important punctuation marks are to accurately express, define, even truncate (thank you, ellipsis) our writing.
Punctuation Day creator Jeff Rubin, a northern California resident, said he started the day in 2004 out of frustration at the errors he saw in the newspaper each morning. A veteran print journalist who now runs a newsletter publishing business, Rubin says punctuation shows emotion, helps with cadence and reflects the confidence and intelligence of a writer.
The assault on punctuation seems more rampant than ever as tweets and texts become the main modes of communication. But English instructors remain resolute: Punctuation is here to stay.
Thank. YOU; so, "Much" for? Telling: Us!
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