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When Grammar Attacks

March 2nd, 2009 2 Comments

I’ve always secretly enjoyed grammar. Diagramming sentences in high school English class? Yes, please. Proofreading my friends’ screenplays/med school applications/final papers? Sign me up. It’s gotten to the point where I have an instinctive, irrepressible need to correct apostrophes and add commas to whatever flyers, advertisements, and even menus I come into contact with during [...]

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National Punctuation Day

September 24th, 2008 No Comments

Today is National Punctuation Day! Things have been quiet around here, so I’ll present my own form of quiet celebration by sharing with all of you a story from the Boston Globe - Pause and Effect: The quiet generosity of the semicolon. Here’s a short excerpt:
[Lawrence Weinstein] quotes Lewis Thomas’s observation: “The period tells you [...]

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