{"id":72794,"date":"2025-09-24T01:37:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T05:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?p=72794"},"modified":"2026-09-24T02:04:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T06:04:43","slug":"sep-24-25-punctuation-marks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?p=72794","title":{"rendered":"SEP 24, 25.. PUNCTUATION MARKS.."},"content":{"rendered":"

Our first “real snow” of the season.\u00a0 It fell up North of Anchorage on the Richardson Highway.<\/p>\n

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What Captain? You just mentioned Snow and here we are talking about..<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

PUNCTUATION MARKS..<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

I know at least three of you who enjoy Punctuation Marks. “My Patti”, Gullible and Kathleen.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Hello NATIONAL TODAY..<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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National Punctuation Day on September 24<\/em><\/span> celebrates the punctuation marks that makes our words legible and gets our point across.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

From the lowly comma to the flamboyant ampersand (&) a typographical symbol representing the word “and”.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Today we take for granted the little dots, slashes, and spaces that turn a string of unintelligible letters into a compelling story. Since most early languages were purely verbal, punctuation was not necessary.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t until the Bible began to be printed en masse that punctuation marks spread. Bible printing was widespread between 400 and 800 A.D., and punctuation marks helped those who read the text aloud know where to pause and place emphasis.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Today we end literary queries with a simple symbol, \u2018?\u2019.\u00a0 Those who used Latin would write out the word \u2018question\u2019 to indicate the end of a question!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

In the late 20th century with the life-changing arrival of computers suddenly symbols like \u2018#\u2019 and \u2018@\u2019 took on whole new, tech-specific meanings! Additionally, texting and chatting online requires knowledge of a wholly different, somewhat colloquial body of punctuation rules.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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A cute Tid – Bit..<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Did a punctuation “Save Grandma”?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

“Let’s eat Grandma!”\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Look what a comma , <\/strong><\/span>does to save Grandma!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

“Let’s eat, <\/span>Grandma!”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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From Gullible..<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

An English professor wrote the words:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cA woman without her man is nothing\u201d and asked the students to punctuate it correctly.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

All of the males in class wrote:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

A woman: without her man, is nothing.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

All of the women in class wrote:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cA woman: without her, man is nothing.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Punctuation is powerful!!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Do you know what \u2018#\u2019 is called?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Its official name is an \u2018Octothorpe\u2019!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Today, Wednesday the 24th of September, Survivor 49 will premier on CBS.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Patti has been a Survivor Fan from the very first show, Survivor Borneo, on May 31st 2000.<\/p>\n

Patti and I are literally “holding our breaths” because we are having difficulties successfully “navigating” our own YouTube Television.<\/p>\n

This “streaming TV” sure can be a challenge.<\/p>\n

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Cap and Patti<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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