Celebrate National Punctuation Day

Alert the grammar geeks: Today (Monday) is National Punctuation Day. We celebrate the “lowly comma, correctly used quotes and other proper uses of periods, semicolons and the ever-mysterious ellipsis.”

See the official site for a pile of punctuation resources and fun:

• Tips on how to correctly use apostrophes, dashes, hyphens and more
• Ideas to celebrate National Punctuation Day (my favorite: “Take a leisurely stroll, paying close attention to store signs with incorrectly punctuated words. Stop in those stores to correct the owners. If the owners are not there, leave notes.”)
• A punctuation rap every child should know
• Punctuation products including t-shirts, mugs and posters
• Visitor-submitted photos illustrating bad punctuation
• Links to style books and online tools