“you know those self-help books that give you permission to love yourself? This one gives you permission to love punctuation.” — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
Give a civil servant a good case and he'll wreck it with clichés, bad punctuation, double negatives, and convoluted apology. — Alan Clark Copy Share Image
“A comma splice means that a comma has been inserted between two complete sentences.” — Jenny Baranick Copy Share Image
Use correct grammar and punctuation. Do not use net speak, like WOT, W-O-T or U. Those messages get a lot lower reply… — Christian Rudder Copy Share Image
“I am habituated of ending a sentence with a semi colon or rather I would say I am fascinated by it.” — Kokila Ishwar Copy Share Image
Having touched Christ's feet is not an excuse for punctuation mistakes. — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
I watched as she added a question mark at the end. Arc, line, space, dot. — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
Writers have no real area of expertise. They are merely generalists with a highly inflamed sense of punctuation. — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
It is really important that focusing on things such as spelling, punctuation, grammar and handwriting doesn't inhibit the creative flow. When I… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely successfully, or just completely, the… — Julie Burchill Copy Share Image
I like commas. I detest semi-colons — I don’t think they belong in a story. And I gave up quotation marks long… — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
Now everybody's bloggin'. I heard somebody say, "Blogging is just graffiti with punctuation." Everyone's an authority so there's nobody in power, 'cause… — Ice T Copy Share Image
“Leave no "full stop" in between the sentences that make up your life story. If anything, let "commas" show that when you… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“The correct way to punctuate a sentence that states: "Of course it is none of my business, but -- " is to… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
The dash helps to indicate that the two thoughts are intimately related, and it's less stodgy than a semicolon, which would have… — Bill Walsh Copy Share Image
With educated people, I suppose, punctuation is a matter of rule; with me it is a matter of feeling. But I must… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“He stood in the doorway of her office. He was, as always, the consummate scoundrel. He leaned against the doorframe, smiling—almost smirking—at… — Courtney Milan - The Suffragette Scandal Copy Share Image
“Nora— Forgive me for copyediting, but it must be said—you have raped the semicolon yet again. Stop it. It wasn’t asking for… — Tiffany Reisz Copy Share Image
The reason it's worth standing up for punctuation is not that it's an arbitrary system of notation known only to an over-sensitive… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
We all need something to help us unwind at the end of the day. You might have a glass of wine, or… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
“Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I hope that my ideas attract a lively dialogue, even if my sentences are simple. Simple sentences have always served me well.… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
This morning arrives a letter from my ancient silver-mining comrade, Calvin H. Higbie, a man whom I have not seen nor had… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
When we study Shakespeare on the page, for academic purposes, we may require all kinds of help. Generally, we read him in… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
Life is tons of discipline. Your first discipline is your vocabulary; then your grammar and your punctuation — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
“I gave her a love letter and she returned it back to me by correcting spelling and punctuation.” — M.F. Moonzajer Copy Share Image
I'm pretty sure when I need a comma; I'm not so sure about a semicolon. — Keith Hernandez Copy Share Image
Grammar is important. For instance, commas save lives: Let's eat grandpa. Lets eat, grandpa. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Somebody put a drop under a magnifying-glass and it was all semicolons and parentheses. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“If there is one lesson to be learned from this book, it is that there is never a dull moment in the… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
Ordinary speciation remains fully adequate to explain the causes and phenomenology of punctuation. — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
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