Punctuation Enthusiast Mugs

'I'll never date another apostrophe... the last one was too possessive.'

Grumpy old man kicking exclamation mark.

'Looks like a full stop to me - you must be getting to the end of your sentence.'

'Yes, a winky face is correcy...But in ancient times, the semicolon was actually used to separate archaic written devices know as 'complete sentences.''

'I know I am an inverted comma, but I still hate being quoted.'

"I've just invented the question mark."

'Without the comma, colons and semi-colons would rise up to oppress us.'

'And I thought I went on and on...'

'I'm prescribing something for the asterisk until we find out what it connotes.'

Punctuation Karaoke Night

'Miss Frumkin, parents are complaining that their kids are using curse words they learned in your class.'

'I should be on that.'

'Thank goodness you were wrong mom, dad says a period is what comes at the end of a sentence.'

"Boy, he's a real asterisk taker."

Cuckcoo producing exclamation marks

Boss and worker communicating in exclaimation marks.

Exclamation marks chasing question mark.

'Hey... Gramma's off her rocker!'

'Shoot! I left a bunch of @#&%@!!** typographical symbols around here somewhere!'

"Mom!! School was fun!!! We learned all about exclamation points!!!!"

Struck by a thought.

Twisted Peel explains the subtle nuances surrounding the correct usage of apostrophes.

Punctuation Weather

"You can't see the quotation marks because I used air quotes."

"Oh no. . . We'll never win now. Looks like our team is getting underscore."

"I've! calmed! down! a lot! I! used! to! TALK! LIKE! THIS!"

Apostrophe, Aopstropher, Apostrothem.

Exclamation Marks

Smile??? I'm pregnant.

Exclamation points sustained. !!!

"Various entrances to the gates of Hell."

"Oh dear God. I've been calling them explanation marks."

"How did this comma get in with all the pieces?"

Hey, calm down --- Now, what did you say again?

I'm used to seeing crocodile tears when I tell off a man in this bar, but this is the first time I've seen crocodile exclamation points. ! !