September 24 is NATIONAL PUNCTUATION DAY!

[Sequoia]

People all over the United States are celebrating the new holiday, National Punctuation Day®, which is listed in Chase’s Calendar of Events as a celebration of the lowly comma, correctly used quotes, and other proper uses of periods, semicolons and the ever mysterious ellipsis.

Jeff Rubin, owner/publisher of The Newsletter Guy, a newsletter publishing company based in Pinole, CA, founded National Punctuation Day® to draw attention to the importance of proper punctuation. It’s a day for librarians, educators, and parents — people who are interested in teaching and promoting good writing skills to their students and their children. It’s also a day to remind business people that they are often judged by how they present themselves.

“Successful people have good communication skills, and that includes knowing how to write properly,” Jeff says. “Punctuation counts. A misplaced comma can alter the meaning of a message.”

It’s not just school children who need to learn the do’s and don’ts of punctuation. “I’m stunned at how many executives and CEOs send me articles and correspondence that are poorly written and punctuated,” Jeff says. “Did they miss a year of school? I read ad copy and see billboards that scream to be corrected. Poor punctuation knows no sociological boundaries — everyone from high school dropouts to Ph.D.s needs help with punctuation.”

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http://www.nationalpunctuationday.com/comma.html

[GoddessOfGuinness]

1. Is the semi-colon obsolete?

Enquiring minds want to know.

[Xipe Totec]

4. No; just comatose to make a point. n/t

[many a good man]

2. Ill celebrate Who s buyin

Oh what a happy day

[NJ Democrats]

3. Alright, I'm up for it

Also, I can now report that I heard myself say tonight, "I'm glad to be back to DU. I'm now in my new house and how finished unpacking the room, but not the desktop computers. Oh, and school starts again on monday, damn!"