Category Archives: Punctuation

The colon: cancerous or cleansing punctuation?

The colon: its usage is evolving due to the internet, text messaging, and twitter. Colonoscopy: It’s Time to Check Your Colons
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History of emoticons

Good article on the history of emoticons and whether some day they might be considered proper punctuation.  Must resist temptation to include emoticon in post… The Very Long History of Emoticons
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Punctuation in graphic design

Great Flickr set from print magazine featuring punctuation use in graphic design. ?! on Flickr
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Professor opines on sarcasm punctuation

I’ve covered the sustained sarcasm saga here a couple times already, but I thought I would check in again because it seems things have taken a turn for the intellectual.  Geoffrey Nunberg is a professor of linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley.  And he’s got an opinion about sarcasm punctuation.  To quote him from [...]
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Cormac McCarthy punctuation lesson

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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