Posted on 09/27/2010 9:42:37 AM PDT by earlJam
Sept. 24, 2010
Happy National Punctuation Day!
Sept. 24 Is the Day to Celebrate Often Underappreciated and Misused Punctuation Marks
(CBS) Pay special attention when you write today as you end sentences, ask a question or share something in excitement. Sept. 24 is National Punctuation Day, so celebrate each time you use a punctuation mark!
Often underappreciated, misused and misunderstood, punctuation marks are an integral part of any language. They add emotion and can change the entire meaning of a sentence. When used incorrectly, sentences look just plain ugly to anybody with the eye to spot errors. Unfortunately, many people don't have that eye.
Frustrated by the large amount of mistakes he noticed in the newspaper, newsletter publisher and former reporter Jeff Rubin decided to start the holiday in honor of frequently overlooked punctuation marks.
"I would sit at the kitchen table with my red Sharpie ... screaming obscenities, which would upset my wife," Rubin told CNN. "She encouraged me to find another outlet for my aggravation."
So Rubin decided to start National Punctuation Day, which was born in 2004 when he secured a listing in the "Chase's Calendar of Events" reference book. 2010 marks the holiday's seventh year.
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That soudes like something dirty.
Or my pet peeve:
“Your” vs. “you’re.”
Besides, ‘nuff said is much better. ;)
I have to admit, that one confuses me every time. And now that I’m old I’m too lazy to look it up. Sad tale but true.
The question:
“Can you help my Uncle, Jack, off his horse?”
is vastly different than the question that doesn’t contain any commas.
It’s and its still doesn’t make SENSE to me. I don’t know why, either. Maybe I need to just post it on a sticky note by my computer. :( It’s like there are some words you can’t retain in your spelling memory (or at least I can’t). Oh well. No one ever points it out and calls me dumb until they disagree with whatever point I’m making anyway. :)
unashamedly stolen from a fellow FReeper
I suppose without commas you had better work for a vet.
Back when I was goin’ to school,
I never learned a thing
All I did was daydream,
a-waitin’ for the bell to ring
I had a certain teacher,
I always tried to impress her
When she stood up in the classroom,
I would mentally undress her
Then one day I decided,
that I would write a little letter
She said the spellin’ was a masterpiece,
the punctuation could be better
I understood what she was saying,
I got the gist of her sentiment
She said “I don’t mean to be degrading,
“but here’s the way that it should’ve went:”
Chorus) I love you period
Do you love me question mark
Please, please exclamation point
I want to hold you in parentheses
I love you period
Do you love me question mark
Please, please exclamation point
I want to hold you in parentheses
Right on up to high school,
people said I was a writin’ fool
All my letters became really great,
with punctuation that was never late
But I was havin’ trouble meetin’ girls,
I never knew the things to say
Soon I had ‘em all overwhelmed,
when they heard me talk this way, like this:
Chorus) I love you period
Do you love me question mark
Please, please exclamation point
I want to hold you in parentheses
I love you period
Do you love me question mark
Please, please exclamation point
I want to hold you in parentheses
-PJ
I’ll be in a comma for the rest of the day.
!
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