tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4808375493800890797.post6419689152769386983..comments2024-03-27T13:12:39.343-04:00Comments on A Concord Pastor Comments: Superfluous punctuationConcord Pastorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18322127779647130869noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4808375493800890797.post-56549770030238176552012-04-27T07:18:30.549-04:002012-04-27T07:18:30.549-04:00HAHAHAHAHAHA...love it!!!!!!!
JWHAHAHAHAHAHA...love it!!!!!!! <br />JWJWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4808375493800890797.post-90368994653526179512012-04-27T06:25:20.052-04:002012-04-27T06:25:20.052-04:00My name is Fran and I suffer from em dash, ellipsi...My name is Fran and I suffer from em dash, ellipsis and exclamation overuse.<br /><br />Thanks for this. (resisting urge to add, well - um - exclamation points! I mean, exclamation points.)Franhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181529277715646835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4808375493800890797.post-77332394798768869702012-04-26T21:07:06.941-04:002012-04-26T21:07:06.941-04:00It's the em dash I suffer from....and perhaps ...It's the em dash I suffer from....and perhaps an overuse of the ellipsis?Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12617476463347663364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4808375493800890797.post-47319917192900682042012-04-26T19:45:39.927-04:002012-04-26T19:45:39.927-04:00As someone who specializes in digital strategy and...As someone who specializes in digital strategy and has been writing web content for over a decade, I've noticed how the norms for punctuation have changed as technology is increasingly used for quick communications. <br /><br />While emoticons are still verboten for serious communication, "extra" exclamation points have become necessary to stress emotion/sentiment when text is brief (e.g., tweets)...but really, no more than two!! Three is really over the top!!!Meredith Gouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16260267368064065843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4808375493800890797.post-1679972635769766112012-04-26T15:31:59.795-04:002012-04-26T15:31:59.795-04:00I plead guilty...SOOOO guilty.I plead guilty...SOOOO guilty.nednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4808375493800890797.post-15912231462403276982012-04-26T14:16:09.016-04:002012-04-26T14:16:09.016-04:00I couldn't help smiling at this. I work in our...I couldn't help smiling at this. I work in our congregation's communications office and receive articles from our sisters for publication in our internal newsletter or on our intranet. I'm constantly deleting "extra" exclamation points and changing bold or italics or a combination of both from articles.Sr. Ann Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306386663608358131noreply@blogger.com