SEPTEMBER 24th! National Punctuation Day!

You may be asking, why do we have a day to celebrate some periods, commas, and exclamation marks. Well, these elements have meaning in writing! Punctuation is ALWAYS used in writing, they are used to separate sentences, and their elements aid in clarifying writing pieces. Without punctuation, writing would lose meaning or be lost in interpretation.

For some, the celebration can be a bothersome one. But if you’re not one to use punctuation in text messages, it might be a fun challenge to try to use a period, comma, or exclamation point once or twice throughout your day! Try it out!

How YOU could participate in National Punctuation Day : (According to the National Day Calendar website)

Spend the day critiquing others’ mistakes. Or, carefully correct your own.
Determine which of your contracts for insurance, warranties, or service have a misplaced comma that might be to your benefit.
To avoid punctuation altogether, just complete crossword puzzles all day. They don’t use any punctuation.
Write an error-free email and send it to everyone you know. Better yet, write an email with a single error and challenge your friends to find it.
Open up a debate about the Oxford comma online. It may get as heated as a political debate.
Try using every type of punctuation throughout the day.
Create a painting or collage of your favorite punctuation marks.
Express how you feel about the evolution of punctuation into emoticons. 😉
Make meatloaf and form the loaves into punctuation shapes.

HAPPY PUNCTUATION DAY!