Monthly Archives: March 2010

Cormac McCarthy punctuation lesson

By question | Published: March 31, 2010
So it’s come to this.  A link to Oprah’s website.  At least it features Cormac McCarthy opining on punctuation and James Joyce.  Definitely makes me feel like I use too much punctuation. Cormac McCarthy on James Joyce and Punctuation
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Graphical apostrophe guide

By question | Published: March 18, 2010
This one has been around for a little while but it’s definitely still worth a look if you haven’t seen it before or if you find yourself wondering whether you’re using apostrophes correctly. How To Use An Apostrophe
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Logo roundup

By question | Published: March 15, 2010
As a follow up to the previous post here about the London Sperm Bank logo, here are two more articles about logos. First up is a link to 12 unfortunate logos.  Whereas the London Sperm Bank designers were clearly designing their logo with tongue planted firmly in cheek (bad choice of words maybe), it seems the [...]
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Accent accident

By question | Published: March 12, 2010
I took this picture outside a café near my work.  Notice I wrote café with an accent, not cafe’ with an apostrophe.  I guess the sign maker wasn’t able to include accents, or maybe it was cost prohibitive and they thought no one would notice.  I noticed.  But at least they are clear about the [...]
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The open sarcasm movement

By question | Published: March 9, 2010
A while back I (and a lot of other people it turns out) wrote about something called the SarcMark.  It was a punctuation mark that a group of people introduced and wanted people to pay $1.99 for the privilege of using.  Needless to say I (and a lot of other people it turns out) was [...]
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World Cup 2018 and 2022 bid analysis

By question | Published: March 7, 2010
Soccer week continues here at quellipsis, today we’re going to look at the bids for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.  I know it seems like a long way off, but the 2018 and 2022 World Cups will be upon us before we know it.  An interesting contingent of countries has submitted bids for the [...]
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