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Punctuation's Most Wanted by *phantom-inker:iconphantom-inker:

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(Bloody hell, what category does this thing belong in?)

So ~BrookeTheVampire asks, "...a page dedicated to use of punctuation would help out. I still have trouble sometimes with colons and semicolons, and it's always nice for someone to be able to find that out all in one spot!"

Well, BrookeTheVampire, ask and ye shall receive! This is the Punctuation Gang's Most Wanted list, all your favorite evil punctuation on one handy reference poster!

The display version above is designed to be viewed on-screen; however, there is also a downloadable "full" version, designed to be appropriate for printing at poster-size.

If you're having trouble with punctuation, this is (hopefully) a handy answer to your questions.

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*jkrolak Jan 2, 2008, 11:16:15 PM
You have a typographical error in the description of #7 Apostrophe.

In your sample, you have the usage for the possessive 's and s' reversed.

The correct usage for this greedy possessive puncuation mark is to use 's for most words that do not end in the letter S, for example: men's, John's, Emily's and girl's. You use the naked ' after words that normally end in the letter S, for example: the boys' (more than one boy owns it), ladies' (more than one lady owns it).
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*phantom-inker Jan 2, 2008, 11:26:17 PM
Nuts. You're right. I swapped those by accident when I was doing the last proofreading.

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Do you suppose if I were to put a signature here, anyone would bother to read it? No? I didn't think so either.
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*phantom-inker Jan 2, 2008, 11:30:26 PM
And now it's fixed! :)

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Do you suppose if I were to put a signature here, anyone would bother to read it? No? I didn't think so either.
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*jkrolak Jan 2, 2008, 11:37:15 PM
No problem, it happens to the best of us. Keep up the excellent work, we need all the help we can get when it comes to puncuation and grammer.
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*phantom-inker Jan 2, 2008, 11:40:42 PM
Ya velcome. By the way, both commas in your previous message are grammar errors: They should be colons, followed by two spaces and an initial capital letter. With commas, you have not one but two run-on sentences. :/

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Do you suppose if I were to put a signature here, anyone would bother to read it? No? I didn't think so either.
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*jkrolak Jan 2, 2008, 11:47:00 PM
As I said, "we can use all the help we can get."
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~Ayame-Seeker-CjBArt Jan 2, 2008, 11:57:26 PM
Nice!-Seeker

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"Even if you silence me, My silence will still defy you"-Me

"It's not Lying...It's Neglecting the important parts"-Me

"I'm Not stealing.. I'm borrowing with the intention of not returning."-Me
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~shannor Jan 3, 2008, 12:33:37 AM
Thank you for putting this together. This humorous look at punctuation marks will be invaluable for grammatical novices and masters alike. :)
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~FluffysTenseiga Jan 3, 2008, 8:15:01 AM
...What the fuck? :D This is great.

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Something witty goes here... but I'm not witty. :XD:
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~technosasquatch Jan 3, 2008, 8:18:34 AM
what no interrobang?

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Wait, what ....start over
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