Punctuation Personalities

The graphic by Carrie J Keplinger asks which punctuation mark matches your personality. I guess I am mostly a semi-colon, with a dash of dash! :-)

And here's another take on the same idea that I found at Twitter; click image for larger view: 

Apostrophe Humor

You can never have too much apostrophe humor...! :-)

She texted me, "Your adorable."

I replied, "No. YOU'RE adorable."

Now she thinks I like her.

All I did was point out her typo.

Puncutation Saves (Love) Lives

And like "Let's eat Grandma" shows how punctuation saves lives, this bit of humor from Grammarly shows how punctuation can save love lives too!

I'm sorry I love you = I'm sorry (that) I love you.

NOT GOOD!

You need some punctuation — a semicolon is good:

I'm sorry; I love you.

And a period can also do the same job:

I'm sorry. I love you.

Keep those independent clauses separated!

Darth Vader: Lack of Punctuation

Many people have probably been watching the original Star Wars in the past few days, so here is one of my favorite Star Wars memes, with a punctuation theme:

Find out more at Know Your Meme, and here's the YouTube video:

Resource: Interview with a Semicolon

I find this interview completely enchanting. It's very creative, and it's also about one of my own very favorite marks of punctuation: the semicolon: Interview with a Semicolon. This screenshot is just a sample of the sad semicolon's remarks:

For more amusement, here is the amazing Oatmeal: How to use a semicolon, the most feared punctuation on earth. This is just an excerpt; click the link to see the whole poster.

The Power of Hyphens

If you enjoyed the man eating chicken and the man-eating chicken from the Grammar Lessons video, here's another fun one: I don't want to work twenty four-hour shifts; give me twenty-four hour shifts please!

Punctuation Matters

This is like "Let's eat Grandma," but this time it's all about love. Or not.

Semicolons Online

For the semicolon humor files! I'm more of a smiley-face person myself :-)

Punctuation for Christmas

This lovely cartoon from Dan Piraro a.k.a. Bizarro is perfect for Christmas:

Resource: Apostrophe Nighmare

If punctuation could dream. . . and in many ways, the apostrophe is everybody's punctuation nightmare!