I seem to be on a punctuation symbol mood lately in my posts, so here is another ( Read more... )

I have always wondered why the abbreviation for the English system of weight unit "pound" was "lb ( Read more... )

another minor English language pet peeve of mine ( Read more... )

One of my (very) minor pet-peeves (a.k.a. "anti-favorites") is when I receive an invitation from a couple, say, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, and the location of the event is listed as "The Smith's House ( Read more... )

I hate it when churches don't use punctuation in their overhead projection of songs!

And while I'm yelling...

Why can't we use hymnals anywhere anymore‽ What's wrong with being educated enough to read music‽ What's wrong with giving us the notes so people can actually sing in harmony‽

The end.

I like punctuation[1] and I like precision[2, 3]. In my great quest for coming up with more precise ways of punctuating sentences, I think English should begin to incorporate the inverted period. ·Just like Spanish brilliantly uses the inverted exclamation point and the inverted question mark, we should use an inverted period to start our ( Read more... )

I was going to simply call this entry "On Commas", but in talking with my friend C. via IM, I decided to change it to what I have.

Way back when, I did two related entries on tonights topic.[1, 2] ( A summary. )