National Punctuation Day!

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National Punctuation Day!

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September 24th is National Punctuation Day.
"A celebration of the lowly comma, correctly used quotes, and other proper uses of periods, semicolons, and the ever-mysterious ellipsis."
Of course, this is not meant to imply that anyone here is lacking in punctuation skills. Implication is not necessary when the situation is obvious. :twisted:
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the ever-mysterious ellipsis
oh, dear....
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I'm trying to punctuate like a pirate but I just don't have it down.
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That holiday is just an another excuse to talk about colons. Period.
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crookedtune wrote:That holiday is just an another excuse to talk about colons. Period.
I guess I should've posted this thread in the PROCTology forum.
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`, . . . ":;'!.
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`~.,/:';/.,./?,_[]{};';""/.,>,(),,,.... ::::;;,,. :oops:
and then the penguin said
"~~,,.;.,.<>;./??'...{{}}{>>>,,,,.;>::;;';.,,.!!!!!!!" :lol:

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This is such discrimination: Why isn't there a split-infinitive day? Punctuation my apostrophe.
/Bloomfield
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My uncle went in for a checkup; now he has a semicolon.
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Walden wrote:`, . . . ":;'!.
Such language! And here we all thought you were a reasonable person ...
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Nanohedron wrote:My uncle went in for a checkup; now he has a semicolon.
He'd better get a semicolonoscopy next time. :)
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Bloomfield wrote:This is such discrimination: Why isn't there a split-infinitive day? Punctuation my apostrophe.
hmmmm...the way things are today, I'll settle for a dangling-participle moment.
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Bloomfield wrote:This is such discrimination: Why isn't there a split-infinitive day? Punctuation my apostrophe.
Not to overly belabor ( :wink: ), but the above is a reasonable example of why. :wink:
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Nanohedron wrote:
Bloomfield wrote:This is such discrimination: Why isn't there a split-infinitive day? Punctuation my apostrophe.
Not to overly belabor ( :wink: ), but the above is a reasonable example of why. :wink:
Are you dissing my colon? Careful, now.
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Bloomfield wrote:
Nanohedron wrote:
Bloomfield wrote:This is such discrimination: Why isn't there a split-infinitive day? Punctuation my apostrophe.
Not to overly belabor ( :wink: ), but the above is a reasonable example of why. :wink:
Are you dissing my colon? Careful, now.
Bloo, that's the least of it. But it's nice to see you're relaxed enough with English now to be...um...relaxed at it. :wink:

Let's all discuss Bloo's colon!
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