Punctuation Quota Update

[magid]

"Powell's Books, an independent bookseller in Portland, Oregon, in voluntary accordance with the guidelines adopted at 1998's International Grammar Summit, hereby reaffirms its effort to find a significant role for exclamation points in future editions of our newsletter-- understanding, of course, that only so much punctuation can be employed in a sentence and admitting that unresolved questions abound. Will the excitement seem forced? Will semicolons (which during the last six months have been used at a rate far exceeding suggested quotas) see less action in future editions? Will we increase our output by introducing those upside-down exclamation marks so popular with our neighbors to the south? (And if so, is that cheating?) Stay tuned as the drama unfolds."
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Comments

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

I really liked their usage of the exclamation point in their Update.

[teddywolf.livejournal.com]

"Will we use as many question marks as we need in light of all these questions? Should we ration them for only the big important questions? Or should we only ration the big question marks for the big questions?"ˇ