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My uncle claimed that he invented the semicolon but I have yet to see one of his royalty checks.
Personally, I like the asterisk. Without the lowly asterisk, footnotes would be out on the street sleeping in a cardboard box. My least favorite is the period, for obvious reasons. I do like exclamation points but they tend to be too loud and cause problems, especially after curfew. I admit that hyphens are cute as a button but I wouldn't want to bring one home to mum. Parenthesis are too huggy and make me lisp.
I have always been a fan of the ampersand, but I don't think that falls into the punctuation category. I find brackets to be helpful, but likewise I don't really think they are a punctuation mark. I guess I will have to go with the question mark.
I like the semicolon, because you can fit more thoughts into one sentence.
Me too...when I was in college, I learned all about transitional words and phrases (like moreover, however, nonetheless, etc.) and I love using them in sentences. Gets more thoughts in.
Obviously mine are ellipses...I am always using the '...' when posting...LOL...maybe too much...is that possible? I've used them for years.
Ellipsis (ellipses, plural) - An ellipsis is sometimes used to indicate a pause in speech, an unfinished thought or, at the end of a sentence, a trailing off into silence (aposiopesis).
Obviously mine are ellipses...I am always using the '...' when posting...LOL...maybe too much...is that possible? I've used them for years.
Ellipsis (ellipses, plural) - An ellipsis is sometimes used to indicate a pause in speech, an unfinished thought or, at the end of a sentence, a trailing off into silence (aposiopesis).
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