Misuses of punctuation can be annoying and such misuses have become commonplace in personal and business correspondence. The overuse of “quotation marks” and the overuse of parentheses (these neat little devices that let you slide comments into a sentence) are two good examples I see everyday.
Posts Tagged ‘Emphasis’
Punctuation abuse
Tuesday, March 27th, 2012A Cacophony of Emphasis
Friday, September 30th, 2011With all the features of modern word processing, we have many alternatives for adding emphasis and tone to our writing. While it is occasionally a good practice to make a word stand out, it is incredibly annoying when you make too many words stand out. If you try to raise the emphasis, suggest a new meaning, or add tone to too many words in a sentence, you muddle up the intended emphasis and tone.
