It's National Punctuation Day!

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Happy National Punctuation Day, everyone!

National Punctuation Day

For nerds like me, who have a habit of proofing EVERYTHING (even as I'm reading for pleasure), this is a big deal.

So, to my fellow nerds who treasure semi-colons, enjoy our day.

Semi-colon = ;

And to those who thought a semi-colon was "one of them commas with a dot on top," enjoy your day, too!

Jill
#day #national #punctuation
  • Profile picture of the author TheMagicShow
    Originally Posted by Jillian Slack View Post

    Happy National Punctuation Day, everyone!

    National Punctuation Day

    For nerds like me, who have a habit of proofing EVERYTHING (even as I'm reading for pleasure), this is a big deal.

    So, to my fellow nerds who treasure semi-colons, enjoy our day.

    Semi-colon = ;

    And to those who thought a semi-colon was "one of them commas with a dot on top," enjoy your day, too!

    Jill
    I'll drink to that with my pocket protector......
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  • Profile picture of the author krishnaGopal
    i have to admit, i do love my semi-colons;

    :-p !
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  • Profile picture of the author dave147
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    • Profile picture of the author Jillian Slack
      At my last day job, working for a bunch of idiots, they often referred to the exclamation point as the "explanation point."

      Oh, I am so glad to be away from those dumba$$e$.

      They also didn't understand why in the world I thought they should let me put an opt-in box on their web site and start an ezine, and they thought the time I spent on their blog was a waste, even though it was paying off with higher rankings in local search and more traffic.

      But that's another day, entirely. I think there is a Boss's Day in October.

      How about a day for being thankful to be free of bosses who are idiots?

      Nah, that's EVERY day! Rejoice!
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  • Profile picture of the author Diana Lane
    I once read a style article urging everyone to 'Adopt The Comma!'.

    So I did. No one told me that it was an expectant comma and so now I've got hundreds of them. They're worse than gerbils.

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  • Profile picture of the author mithu
    I'm in love with exclamation marks and hyphens.
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  • Profile picture of the author DrewG
    punctuation whats that im not sure i follow you here you know what im sayin

    =)

    Cheers to those us that are always conscious of such things!
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