Punctuation in the News

It's not often that punctuation makes the news; here's a story about semicolons that you all might find interesting: from The New York Times. I like this section:

In fact, when Mr. Neches [the marketing manager who wrote the sign] was informed by a supervisor that a reporter was inquiring about who was responsible for the semicolon, he was concerned.

“I thought at first somebody was complaining,” he said.

Typical New Yorker. I'm curious, though, about that 2004 case in San Francisco. I guess it's appropriate that those who would try to prevent two people from being joined would be undone by a judge wielding a semicolon.

Here's an online semicolon quiz you can take to pass the time:

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