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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.
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Remove excessive punctuation from Facebook
This is a good idea: an extension for the Google Chrome browser which automatically fixes all sorts of punctuation errors on Facebook. So if you’ve ever been annoyed with people on Facebook who like to add multiple exclamations to show how excited they are about something, this extension is for you.
The only drawback to [...]
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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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The colon: cancerous or cleansing punctuation?