#punctuation is dead and you can blame the #iphone
https://www.androidauthority.com/apple-iphone-killed-punctuation-3497899/
#punctuation is dead and you can blame the #iphone
https://www.androidauthority.com/apple-iphone-killed-punctuation-3497899/
This Hallo'ween, I'm a misplaced apostrophe
I'm in punctuation hell today, editing a story that in part compares the Old Farmer's Almanac and the Farmers' Almanac.
That's how the two names have been punctuated for more than 200 years.
Here's the real conundrum: "These are the two leading f_____ almanacs."
War and Peace is 587,287 words in length - 365 chapters. Surprisingly, the number of punctuation marks has not been tallied.
A passage from 'War and Peace' turned into a Visual Poem of Punctuation marks using 'just the punctuation'.
Thanks for offering, yes, I accept the role of Ruler of the Writing Universe.
Is technical and business writing included in my role? I have one rule that is certain to make the world a better place: punctuate bullet lists!
The bullet points in your list don't suspend the laws of nature. You still need to end each bulleted item with a comma or semicolon, or a full stop for the final item.
(Same for mathematical writing and displayed equations.)
The importance of punctuation: What, was she diagnosed as a pathological liar?
(There should be a comma after "hard".)
(Also, #SavedYouAClick: She was diagnosed with osteoporosis (she's 66), OCD, and ADHD.)
Yesterday was our favorite holiday — National Punctuation Day, of course! Here's a @Flipboard Storyboard from Reader's Digest featuring how to pluralize words that end in S, 12 grammar rules that have changed in the last decade, and the correct way to use colons. There's also a high-school English quiz in there. Do you know the answer to the question, what does "ductile" mean?
https://flipboard.com/@readersdigest/let-s-appreciate-proper-punctuation-j6uvrchnkrn0qq3r
Mistodon: the specific subject may? be more applicable to ASCII art than the #ANSIart that AdeptApril has here drawn, but today is (nonetheless) National #Punctuation Day! and there are all kinds of valid semantic uses for these marks... beyond the "creative" abuses we saddle them with here in the world of textmode art.
The word "comma" comes from the Greek *κόμμα* (kómma), meaning "a piece cut off." However, in French and Italian, the term is different; it derives from the Latin word *virgula,* meaning "a little rod."
Nice little video on #punctuation
For those of us who appreciate the difference between "let's eat, grandpa" and "let's eat grandpa"…
Where does punctuation come from?! - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9Re5otW-v0
(Skip the ad; not my channel)
Where does punctuation come from?!
“In this episode I trace the punctuation we use every day as far back as I can.”
#Video length: eighteen minutes and fifty five seconds.
Fun with interrobangs: if you don't have the option of using a single interrobang character, in which order do you put the two punctuation marks? #poll #BoostsWelcome #punctuation
Skills every writer needs: flexibility, curiosity, and conviction
How can I cure my allergy to poor #spelling and #punctuation
#pedantic #boomer
Word order is everything in English and careful punctuation helps a lot.
The en dash is your friend: home–school arrangements¹ are not the same as home-school arrangements²
¹ arrangements between homes and school
² arrangements for home-schooling (usually unhyphenated: homeschooling)
- Land granted to a priest in a church that has a source of income attached to it.
Nonononono……
or
#Punctuation matters.
(Also, gotta come up with a better way to say curo in English for all Xtian faiths.)