Comments on: Common punctuation mistakes http://scottnesbitt.net/weblog/2007/11/03/common-punctuation-mistakes/ A blog about writing, in its various forms Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:09:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Scott http://scottnesbitt.net/weblog/2007/11/03/common-punctuation-mistakes/comment-page-1/#comment-172 Scott Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:56:42 +0000 http://scottnesbitt.net/weblog/2007/11/03/common-punctuation-mistakes/#comment-172 <p>Melissa,</p> <p>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 ...</p> 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 …

]]> By: Melissa Donovan http://scottnesbitt.net/weblog/2007/11/03/common-punctuation-mistakes/comment-page-1/#comment-171 Melissa Donovan Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:37:27 +0000 http://scottnesbitt.net/weblog/2007/11/03/common-punctuation-mistakes/#comment-171 <p>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?</p> <p>-Melissa Donovan <a href="http://www.melissadonovan.com" rel="nofollow">Writing for Writers</a></p> 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

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