National Punctuation Day: a great day to celebrate commas and apostrophes
By Colette Bancroft
St. PetersburgTimes Book Editor
Feeling uneasy about mystery quotation marks?
We have "fresh" sandwiches.
Badgered by errant apostrophes?
Our employee's are at you're service.
Confused by AWOL commas?
Smoking pets and bicycles prohibited.
Stop worrying about whether your dog smokes and start worrying about punctuation. Friday would be a good day to start: It's National Punctuation Day.
Many of us are worried already. As a former English teacher and copy editor, I despair for humanity when I open an e-mail that bristles with so many exclamation points I can hardly make out the words in between them.
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By Colette Bancroft
St. PetersburgTimes Book Editor
Feeling uneasy about mystery quotation marks?
We have "fresh" sandwiches.
Badgered by errant apostrophes?
Our employee's are at you're service.
Confused by AWOL commas?
Smoking pets and bicycles prohibited.
Stop worrying about whether your dog smokes and start worrying about punctuation. Friday would be a good day to start: It's National Punctuation Day.
Many of us are worried already. As a former English teacher and copy editor, I despair for humanity when I open an e-mail that bristles with so many exclamation points I can hardly make out the words in between them.
Read the story
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