Unspoken Connections: How I Learned to Love Punctuation
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Authors
Nawrocki, Amy
Issue Date
2014-03
Type
Article
Language
en_US
Keywords
Punctuation , Rules , Symbols , English , Creativity
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Abstract
There’s a secret about punctuation that most English teachers don’t tell you: beyond “rules” and correctness, there’s a power and beauty to those little symbols that we find ourselves placing between and around the words place on the page or computer screen. Rather than thinking about punctuation marks as necessary and therefore tedious— perhaps even unwelcome— we can learn to love their curves and points and use them with purpose, creativity, and yes, even affection. With the help of some of the best poets and prose readers, Professor Amy Nawrocki shows how various marks (parentheses, dashes, semicolons and commas) can inspire and delight, open us to the possibilities of a deep and enduring love of language and all its decorations.
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Citation
Nawrocki, Amy. "Unspoken Connections: How I Learned to Love Punctuation". The Commons Mar. 2013.
Publisher
University of Bridgeport