Althouse: "I’d take it easy on the exclamation points."

December 17, 2011

Bob_R said...: Big @#$%^&* deal!; 12/17/11, 7:22 AM
traditionalguy said...: I like punctuation marks, and I dream of someday creating one myself.

I have experimented with Z slashmarks for showing anger, and also with a smiley face or two inserted to get the reader to relax before I Z slashmark the other commenter across the face.

One wonders if that will slip by Meade.; 12/17/11, 8:10 AM
Meade said...: Being as this is a 2.13 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo, the most powerful processor in the world, and would blow your comment clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, traditionalguy?; 12/17/11, 8:24 AM
Meade said...: (kidding); 12/17/11, 9:10 AM
David said...: That first paragraph is brilliant.; 12/17/11, 10:08 AM
Mary Beth said...: "'Multiple exclamation marks,' he went on, shaking his head, 'are a sure sign of a diseased mind.'" - Terry Pratchett in Eric; 12/17/11, 11:24 AM
Chip S. said...: Unless this was meant to be some weird math/punctuation joke, the word is ellipsis, not ellipse.

A good grammarian knows his limitations.; 12/17/11, 11:15 PM