Punctuation

No Thank's, Thats Not Write!!!!!!!

Carine Fabius | Posted 05.14.2012

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Some of the world's greatest authors couldn't spell, and would still be banging their heads against that cabinet full of unpublished manuscripts if not for their life-saving editor.

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(The Dangerous World of) Parentheses

Jeff Klima | Posted 09.19.2011

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Parentheses seem ordinary, don't they? Boring, even. So why the hell would I waste a perfectly good column discussing such a mundane topic? Well, I'm glad you asked, because, as it turns out, parentheses are pure evil.

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Oxford Comma Commotion Leaves Punctuation Snobs Distraught

AP | ROBERT BARR | Posted 08.30.2011

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LONDON — A report that Oxford University had changed its comma rule left some punctuation obsessives alarmed, annoyed, and distraught. Passions ...

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Two Spaces After A Period: Why You Should Never, Ever Do It

Slate Magazine | Farhad Manjoo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last month, Gawker published a series of messages that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange had once written to a 19-year-old girl he'd become infatuated ...

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Grammar Pet Peeves

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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As writers, readers and all around bibliophiles, the HuffPost Books community, including us, can't get enough of the schadenfreude of grammar mistakes...

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Grammar Pet Peeves

Posted 05.25.2011

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Still, there's always more mischievous mistakes making way into our language and you -- HuffPost contributors and commenters -- have never been shy with sharing.

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National Punctuation Day: Take The Huffington Post Punctuation Quiz!

Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

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Today, friends, is National Punctuation Day, "a celebration of the lowly comma, correctly used quotes, and other proper uses of periods, semicolons, a...

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National Punctuation Day

The Huffington Post | Sammy Perlmutter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Today is National Punctuation Day and language lovers across the country have been celebrating all things grammatical. With the proliferation of pu...

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When Punctuation Goes Terribly, Terribly Wrong

John Shore | Posted 05.25.2011

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Below is the exact same personal letter, punctuated two different ways. After reading them both, you'll agree that proper punctuation can spell the difference between a second date and a restraining order.

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Arianna's Grammar Pet Peeve

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Grammar Errors, Grammar Mistakes, Pluralizations, Grammar Pet Peeves, Apostrophes, Spelling, Grammar, Punctuation, Books News

Now I really hate to make such a big stink about a little squiggle. But sometimes a small thing like this can have much bigger ramifications.

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Grammar Pet Peeves: HuffPost Readers Pick The Worst Grammar, Spelling, Punctuation, And Malapropism Mistakes Ever (PHOTOS, POLL)

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Grammar pet peeves seem to get as big a rise out of the HuffPost community as the off the wall comments of Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh. We've collect...

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Con Games: Period, End Of Story

Michael Conniff | Posted 05.25.2011

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A funny thing happened on the way to written anarchy. For years I had prided myself on watching the typos and ending with a spiffy salutation to my emails. All of that has gone out the window.

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Are You Afraid Of The Semicolon?

The Oatmeal | Posted 05.25.2011

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The semicolon: the most feared punctuation on Earth....

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