HAPPY NATIONAL PUNCTUATION DAY
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Today, September 24, is National Punctuation Day.
If you were already aware of this day, chances are good that the errors on these signs drive you batty.
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If you were already aware of this day, chances are good that the errors on these signs drive you batty.
![](http://poplicks.com/images/punctuation-error3.jpg)
As someone once pointed out to me, punctuation can fundamentally alter the meaning of a sentence.
For example, compare:
A woman, without her man, is nothing.
with
A woman: without her, man is nothing.
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I tell my students that many readers will assume a positive correlation between punctuation and intelligence.
To wit:
![](http://poplicks.com/images/punctuation-error4.jpg)
Perhaps the best evidence to support the link between punctuation skills and intelligence is the following pen that was recently sold on John McCain's website:
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