National Punctuation Day

National Punctuation Day:Pay special attention when you write today, as you end the proposals, ask questions or share something in excitement. September 24 is National Punctuation Day, so celebrate every time you use punctuation!
Often overlooked is wrong and not understand punctuation marks are an integral part of any language. They added emotion and can change the whole meaning of the sentence. When used improperly, the proposals look ugly just someone with an eye to detect errors. Unfortunately, many people do not have that eye.
Faced with a lot of mistakes, he said in a newspaper, newsletter publisher and a former reporter Jeff Rubin decided to start a holiday in honor of the often overlooked punctuation.
“I would sit at the kitchen table with my red Sharpie … shouted obscenities, which may disturb my wife,” Rubin told CNN. “She encouraged me to find another outlet for my aggravation.”
So Rubin decided to start a National Punctuation Day, who was born in 2004, when he won inclusion in the “Chase’s Calendar of Events Handbook. 2010 marks the seventh year of celebration.
Holiday not only for punctuation perfectionists. Rubin told CNN he wants to help teachers of students who are still matters of punctuation at the age of text messages and tweets.
“We graduation from secondary school children are now unable to read and can not write,” he says. “When these kids get into the real world, they are going to be unemployed.”
So how do you celebrate National Punctuation Day? Website of the holiday offers a few tips:
- Read the newspaper and circle all the punctuation errors you find (or think you will find, but not sure) with a red pen.
- Take a stroll, paying particular attention to the signs with incorrectly punctuated words.
- Visit a bookstore and purchase a copy of Strunk and White Elements of Style.
- Congratulate yourself, becoming a better written communicator.
Can not wait to celebrate another holiday dedicated to the English language? Mark calendars: National Grammar Day on March 4th!