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Friday, April 20, 2012

What Is Correct Punctuation?

Correct Punctuation is any system, method, scheme, or conspiracy of punctuation which either improves the intelligibility of a piece of writing, or at least does not decrease the intelligibility of that piece.

Incorrect punctuation makes the clear obscure, and the obscure obscurer.
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2 comments:

E.P. Rush said...

My favorite is the report on a panda's diet. It was a one liner with too much punctuation: "Eats, shoots, and leaves."

Montag said...

Mine is the headline of the cub reporter with too much punctuation:

"Nut, bolts, and screws."