Common punctuation mistakes   Post2PDF

Whether you’re writing for print or the online world, one of the skills that you need is an ability to properly punctuate. This blog post looks at six common punctuation mistakes that bloggers make. If you’re unsure about punctuation, take a peek at the post. It’s useful even if you don’t blog.

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That’s a great article on punctuation. The misuse of apostrophes with the letter s is one of my writing peeves. I’m noticing that people use quotations for emphasis more and more these days. What’s up with that?

-Melissa Donovan Writing for Writers

Melissa,

Thanks for the comment. Like you, I have no idea why people use quotation marks or all caps for emphasis. I could understand it in the days of the typewriter — you wanted some words to stand out. But that’s what italics are for …

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