Monthly Archives: October 2009

Eats, Shoots & Leaves

By question | Published: October 30, 2009
Eats, Shoots & Leaves is a book that has recently come to my attention.  Written by British journalist Lynne Truss, the book is something of a call to arms for the punctuation-minded. This New Yorker review takes the book to task, pointing out that the first punctuation error comes in the dedication.  At one point Eats, [...]
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12 Punctuation and Grammar Innovations

By question | Published: October 29, 2009
Trendhunter has posted this article about some interesting developments related to punctuation.  From ampersand pretzels and emoticon jewelry to a city movement to eradicate apostrophes, this article has got the latest trends on punctuation covered. 12 Punctuation and Grammar Innovations
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Call for punctuation submissions!

By question | Published: October 28, 2009
This site is still very much in its infancy, but you can help!  Send your punctuation-related ideas, rants, etc. to question@quellipsis.com and contribute to the site.  If you run into a good article or post somewhere, let me know and I’ll post it on the site. Thanks!
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!!!: great band, or the greatest band?

By question | Published: October 26, 2009
!!! (usually pronounced chk chk chk, or chik chik chik, or that band whose name is three exclamation points) is a band after my heart.  According to their website “!!! is pronounced by repeating thrice any monosyllabic sound. Chk Chk Chk is the most common pronunciation, but they could just as easily be called Pow [...]
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Numerical and punctuation logos

By question | Published: October 23, 2009
Great post from a graphic design blog highlighting some logos with creative use of punctuation. I like the panda logo a lot, even though it doesn’t have numbers or punctuation.  It’s the only logo without a title or a link though, I’d like to know who created it or where it came from. Post your feedback in [...]
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Apostrophe issues in new Verizon ad

By question | Published: October 22, 2009
One of my favorite Apple news sites, Daring Fireball, has posted this story about some apostrophe issues in an ad for a new phone from Verizon.  Looks like someone needs some better copy editing.
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