In the hub-bub of Homecoming week, I somehow missed a celebration I vowed I would honor this year - NATIONAL PUNCTUATION DAY!! Click on the title of this post for an article from the Chicago Tribune.
I find this fitting since I just discussed the proper use of a semi-colon with my American Lit classes. The semi-colon, the most under-appreciated and incorrectly used of all punctuation marks, deserves a day of honor and respect as joining two complete thoughts together in a happy grammatical marriage :) And not to mention, the use of punctuation marks to indicate the variety of e-motions in email, instant message, and text. And who could forget the Oxford comma, the widely debated comma that comes before the "and" in the series: lions, tigers, and bears. OH MY!!
So celebrate our punctuation friends today -the excited ! the questioning ? the pausing , the definitive . the listing: and last but not least.....the unifying ;
Maybe next year we can rally together and create punctuation mark tee-shirts to wear in remembrance of this most auspicious occasion. HOORAY FOR PUNCTUATION!
Next year we will all be gone O.O but if punctuation T-shirts are made I would definitely buy one; they sound cool. (is that a good use of a semi-colon? I never know.)
ReplyDeleteAye! Even if we're gone next year, I still want a punctuation T-shirt! <- HOORAY FOR THE USAGE OF PUNCTUATION!
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