Today's story is "A Farewell to Commas" by J.J. Silkwood. jjsilkwood.bsky.social
#ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #drabble #drabbles #Punctuation!
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@ratbaglit.bsky.socialToday's story is "A Farewell to Commas" by J.J. Silkwood. jjsilkwood.bsky.social
#ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #drabble #drabbles #Punctuation!
@chambertmasters.bsky.socialPack your periods, commas and apostrophes too—be our guest as we rock National Punctuation Day this Thursday #Toastmasters #rochmn #publicspeaking #leadership #toastmastersinternational #mn #NFL #punctuation #period
@tennoseremel.gts.skobk.in.ap.brid.gyEmoji are nice and all, but I wish there was more emotional punctuation in existence. A local emotional expression could be read straight otherwise, but I wish to retain their form sometimes. Plus, it’s just more ~~Lojban~~ fun that way 😸
@ratbaglit.bsky.socialToday's story is ";" by Ali McLafferty.
#ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #drabble #drabbles #Punctuation!
@ratbaglit.bsky.socialToday's story is "Admist the Wreckage (Parts I, II, and III)" by Linda McMullen.
#ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #drabble #drabbles #Punctuation!
@tonybarrell.bsky.socialI'm in love with the semicolon; how about you?
www.tonybarrell.com/symbol-pleas...
@coolhandfrank.bsky.socialWant to play a #spotting game with #writer Mani Isler and COOL HAND FRANK? How many #typos and #punctuation errors can you find today? Reply with your #tally.
www.coolhandfrank.com/new-stories/...
#artwork (buy now) "message number two" by Obscure Nonspecifics, all rights reserved.
@englishinn.bsky.socialPre-Intermediate Writing: Apostrophes (A2/B1)
youtu.be/5awTPDg6rUs
Here comes the first video for pre-intermediate students devoted to the correct use of the apostrophe.
#englishinn #englishinn3minutes #englishin3minutes #preintermediate #writing #punctuation #apostrophe
@tonybarrell.bsky.socialI've often argued for the careful use of hyphens for the sake of clarity in prose. A "man eating lion", for instance, is very different from a "man-eating lion". Sometimes the lack of a hyphen produces outrageous results, as in this headline in a Kansas newspaper.
#hyphens #punctuation #bloopers
@writers-write.bsky.socialDrama Dots #writingmemes #writingsky #booksky #punctuation
@ahernk.bsky.socialWithout Interruption
by Kevin Ahern
My autobiography editor
Is wearing very thin
My computer’s period key gave out
So I gave a life sentence to him
#funny #comedy #laugh #silly #humor #humour #verse #poetry #poem #interrupt #punctuation #period #autobiography
@guillotine-jones.beige.party.ap.brid.gyI, for one, have also been accused of using too many commas, also, too.
Bong hits 4 accurate punctuation.
#Grammar #Punctuation #Commas
@pdimagearchive.bsky.socialApostrophe (1824) by Mr. Stops, from Punctuation Personified.
Source: Bryn Mawr College Library / Internet Archive
Available to buy as a print.
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/d3620704-253e-4d45-b62d-857caf07d41b
#reading #flags #caricatures #water #mermaids #education #language #punctuation
@chris108.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gyOh no! I've just been told that some people see the em dash as an indication that you are using AI! I use it frequently — the semicolon just seems old fashioned and pedantic. Maybe I should reconsider; could the semicolon be revived?
@globalvisibility.bsky.social
@timtfj.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyRE: https://mastodon.social/@timtfj/117232220253739740
TL;DR: "Re" is a Latin word that's become an English preposition. If a substitute like "about" or "regarding" doesn't need a colon, neither does "re". It's just a two-letter word.
@reygarbernal.bsky.social
@suelibrarian.bsky.socialWOOHOOO, a book about the importance of punctuation (which is also humorous!) !!!
---'The truth is, I really don't care about correctness: I care about how we express our meaning in the most persuasive way.' #BookSky #books #nonfiction #punctuation
