February 2012
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Top 10 Sexy Punctuation Marks
10. Apostrophe
Oooh, the apostrophe with its sweet little curl…how I love it. I’ve been known to take photos of errant apostrophes, but only because I adore them so much, I cannot stand to see them wander far from home.
The apostrophe makes nouns possessive. Heck, it would make ME possessive, too. This is one hot piece of punctuation.
9. Ellipsis
The shining tool in the bad journalist’s...
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Think about it....
cuttingintobrilliance:
It would take at least a couple of decades to correct all of the Rugrat’s grammatical errors.
Yeah. You should start with that ellipsis and apostrophe.
Fixed that for ya.
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“Your sentence is not exciting. That exclamation point is not fooling anybody.”
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Reader-submitted question
I am having trouble finding your blog. I rather suspect it is lack of diligence on my part, tragically combined with an innate tracking inability (I am no “strider.”)
p.s. I would love to know what you would have done if you had backed yourself into a punctuatorial corner like I did in the previous paragraph ((I am no “strider.”)) It seems bold to place the period so...
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It's a blog's life
Today’s episode of Little Miss Know-It-All: Apostrophe’s.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Seriously folks, the poor little apostrophe is both overused and underused. I suspect that the word its is to blame. You see, our crazy English language is full of quirks. This common little word is an exception to Apostrophe Rule #1.
Yes, there are rules!!! Don’t make me come down there!
Apostrophe Rule #1: Possessives...
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