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[redbrunja]

NPR recited On Punctuation on their writer's almanac section today, which totally made me snooty. Oh, of course, you love commas and exclamation marks and ellipses - who doesn't? Those are the easy, slutty punctuation marks that any fool can have, no grace, so subtly, no class.

Not like the crisp grace of a period or the impressive clarity of a well-placed colon.

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[mistaria.livejournal.com]

A delightful em dash. ;p

[plural-entity.livejournal.com]

Em dashes and semi-colons are my call girls, man. (:

It's annoying that English professors nowadays--or well, mine at least--discourage the use of dashes and semi-colons. Just because they don't understand that some of us know how to use them properly. huff.

[jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com]

SEMICOLONS

they are the sexiest.

[qualapec.livejournal.com]

Hey, what's between the quotation marks can make or break the story.

[ivy-chan.livejournal.com]

My favorite would be the interrobang!

[fallingtowers.livejournal.com]

Speaking of punctuation: Do you know of any good online resources on English punctuation that you, as a native speaker and student, would recommend?

I'm an ESL person who has to write English communication at work, and punctuation is one thing I am never sure about.

[rosegilmore.livejournal.com]

Those are the easy, slutty punctuation marks that any fool can have, no grace, so subtly, no class.

This is why you are so amazing and awesome. :)