Drew you in with my ever-so-exciting headline, didn’t I? (Cough.) Not so much.
The Makarios household is submerged at present in a sea of proofreading (hyphenation, overhangs, regional spelling variations, punctuation…) and having tried in vain to turn my mind to writing about something more interesting for you all, I decided that this week we’d have a look at the interesting side of all things proofreadery.
So, to kick things off: which (or possibly what) punctuation mark are you? Here are three sites willing to weigh in with an opinion:
Share your results in the comments! I got comma, comma & em dash. I miss being a semicolon 🙁
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Ooo – how dashing! And very suitable for your inquiring nature 🙂
Comma, Colon and Oxford Comma. Happy proof-reading!
The Oxford Comma! I feel like there should be some sort of dramatic background music for that.
Full Stop, Colon, Em Dash.
I’m not sure what that even means.
Sounds like Morse to me!
I got exclamation point, colon, and ellipses. 😊 I’m energetic and optimistic! I care about: facts, truth and accuracy. I pause to take in the world around me…
Nicely done 🙂