Its National Punctuation Day! Please remember: friends don’t let friends; misuse semicolons.
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Can we also “speak out” against the “improper” use of “quotation marks?”
Trying to use quote-unquote proper punctuation in spoken language is also irritating. And teachers are often guilty of speaking like sentences end with question marks? Even when it’s not a question?
Having read the article, I still cannot fathom how an editor might regard a decent semicolon as pretentious; try as I may to reconcile myself with that judgment, it spells decadence, crumbling, and decay … perhaps we should employ punctuation, not scorn it? Nor can I in good conscience keep the dear exclamation point–so loyal to me in times good and bad–locked away until the end of the world!!!