Help! Punctuation! Gone! Wild!

Where do I start?  I will take ownership of the !!!!!!!!! point!  YUP!I! LOVE! IT!!!!!!!  I also have a bit of a pet peeve that is not really  related to grammar. Mine is there, their and they're, which and witch, weather and whether, too, to and two, your and you're,  .....   it makes me CRAZY when the incorrect one is used...... CRAZY I tell you!!!!!!  Seems I need to take ownership of loving the "dot" to ( I know it's "too" as in also....I just could not resist)  I can't help it, my mom has perfect spelling and grammar.  Her cursive writing is to die for..... sadly I did not inherit her gifts but after almost 50 years of instruction.....happily things have improved!!! Ellipsis (dot, dot, dot) I love those Ellipsis!!!!!

Ahem....plural is 'ellipses'.   


Oh, have I mentioned my infatuation with apostrophes used in the place of quotation marks? They are like quotation marks...only...lesser!

Thank you Sue.... I stand corrected!!!!!! LOL

We need more people in this world that can laugh at themselfs!!!...???

So, YB, what is your punctuation failing? Or are you, like Authentic, punctuation perfect????

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I am not perfect. I use the - too much. Lol

I am a bit of a punctuation and vocabulary freak. I squirm when self important people misuse the word "fulsome" (and am horrified to see some dictionaries are now including the incorrect definition, just because so many people use it).

The overuse of quotation marks makes me CRAZY. For example: This is a "fun" thread. I immediately suspect sarcasm.

I try to laugh at ignorance rather than lose my cool but sometimes I can be pushed near the edge....

however I can go e.e.cummings and abandon all capitalization and punctuation - better none than wrong i say

My spelling has always been awful but I try and check when in doubt.

Spelling drives me nuts and using the incorrect word drives me crazy (you're, your or their, there, they're) Ahhh!

But my punctuation is horrendous and I just love exclamation marks and smiley faces. I am also the Queen of run on sentences, yep the Queen

I, too, was taught very well correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling, so it drives me crazy to see published works with mistakes.  I even found an artistic mistake in a children's book.  A rabbit had a bite out of one ear in the first picture, and it had switched ears a few pages later!  The internet error I see the most is using 'loose' for 'lose'.  Proofreading is a lost art, and spell check does not catch all those homonyms.  The spelling of the texting generation must be atrocious.  By the way, does anyone use the preview to reread their post, or is it just me? 

Oh man I'm a combination plate of you all. I'm a chronic . Use the - too much as well as the ...
I was trained in proper everything as well so poor spelling and punctuation drives me batty, but I have learned through my time working with kids and texting with kids that as long as I can understand them it's all good
I think that the chronic stems from people misinterpreting emails and such from work. Plus I enjoy spreading the joy
Have a super day!!!
Oh and Sue - Authentic may not be as innocent as you think

Karaandblue wrote:
Oh and Sue - Authentic may not be as innocent as you think

Shhhh. Don't blow my cover. Bahahahaha!