Happy Punctuation Day
September 24 is National Punctuation Day. Imagine life without punctuation. Understanding the written word would be a challenge without punctuation.
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The Ubiquitous and Elusive Apostrophe
After reading my last post about random capitalization, a friend asked me on Facebook to write about apostrophes. Since the apostrophe is such an abused punctuation mark, I agreed. How can the apostrophe be both ubiquitous (everywhere) and elusive (hard to find)? The apostrophe, if not exactly ubiquitous, certainly shows up in many places it … Read more