What is your favorite punctuation mark?
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http://www.nationalpunctuationday.com/serialcomma.html
Yours can be from any language.
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"The beer code, or Bier-Comment of the Senior University, Heidelberg, as it is officially known, has passed through several revisions and editions since 1829. In common with other university beer codes, however, the Heidelberg laws begin with paragraph 11. Paragraphs 1 to 10 are left blank, being presumably the ten commandments of the Old Testament. The eleventh paragraph, or commandment of Heidelberg University reads: Es wird fortgesoffen, or, freely translated, "Keep on drinking."
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M$Three cute little dots that help to pause my thoughts... and turn them into humor.
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Without the period, it would just be shorter..
I say we settle this over a nice tasty Grandpa!
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FOUL! The ellipsis cannot be considered a punctuation mark because it is comprised of three periods...
Without the period, it would be nothing...
Kids! Kids! Can't we all just get along? Yes we can! Period!
This is perfect. This reminds me about the time I was on a special government mission . . .
Senior High School English Teacher
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It looks like a genetically altered medical symbol. Maybe it will be the new government healthcare logo. (tee hee)
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I love being able to show that I'm excited about something...also it helps me get my point across when I'm angry...:)
I also am very fond of the ellipsis as well...I use it a lot...probably more then I should...
:-D
My opinion
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M$I've even used it here on Mahalo Answers!
Although I can't say for certain that I've ever used it correctly . . . :)
Lynn Truss, in her book, "Eats, Shoots And Leaves" (which I really did try to read in full, but only got about one-third of the way through) actually sings the praises of the semi-colon, and admonishes writers etc. to use it as often as possible, lest it disappear from use completely.
(In fact, if you see another Maholoian using a semi-colon in one of their answers, let me know and I will actually tip them!)
So yeah, the semi-colon it is. Bye bye, street cred . . .
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LOL, tip me! I can't seem to stop using them; they're my favorite too.
Isn't it funny how the semicolon is larger than the colon. Ironic? no?
@tracebooks . . . I will take your word for it. Tip gone through. Expecting to see a flurry of them semi-colons in future answers!
You never know . . . in the right surroundings, a reader might just appreciate it. As long as it's not used patronisingly or smugly then it can be quite easy on the eye.
You know. I love the semicolon too; however, I shy away from it in internet writing because it seems so academic.
because soooo many get it wrong!!!!
Always loved Bob's guide to the apostrophe and I do believe its a "comma on a high"
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M$The only reason is that naturally I learned all the other ones much earlier, so when I learned the semi-colon it was a neat new thing. A kind of "Who knew?" and "Yay! Cool!" experience. Frankly I don't think there is that much of a call to use them really. You can probably communicate more clearly and powerfully writing in a way that avoids the need for them. I suspect they're more often showing off or induging in a bit of writerly glee than anything else.
Therefore I can't bring myself to use one gratuitously in my answer. :)
Also it should be said, being a lttle bit of a geek, I am naturally attached to semi-colons, along with curly braces. If I could find reason to insert curly braces, semi-colons and ++ signs in my sentences I {probably++;} would.
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I still remember learning about the semicolon from my imaginative elementary school teacher.
I found something on the internet that reminds me of his teaching style.
I LOVE that Gawker thing! I required my two oldest kids (10 and 13) to read it for school.
Come to think if it, in certain fannish circles, the "!" can be used to link two words in a semi-colon-ish way. That is quite useful!
As in: "We all know about Bunnyphuphu!Chihuahhua, but we never saw the obvious - Bunnyphuphu!Ellipsis..."
The Panda eats bamboo shoots and leaves.
The Panda eats bamboo, shoots, and leaves.
The Panda eats bamboo shoots, and leaves.
The Panda eats bamboo, shoots and leaves.
(I believe @gno used one of these recently - sorry for the ripoff. Some are original. I think.)
The English language
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personal opinion .. photo borrowed from istock photo
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M$personal choice
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I really don't know why? ; ]
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I shall exclaim it to the world!
Me
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Very cool info. Thanks. I wasn't familiar with that sign. I'm going to find a reason to use it now lol