Resource of the Week #129: Some Resources from Punctuation Day

“Happy Punctuation Day!” one of my graduate students wrote me last Tuesday.

“Punctuation Day? What’s that?” I wondered.

Wanting to find out more, I found the National Punctuation Day website. Here I learned that in the United States, National Punctuation Day is September 24 of every year.

The Punctuation Day homepage includes large images of punctuation marks. Clicking on an image takes one to a page containing guidance on using that punctuation mark. There also are examples of using the punctuation marks.

Guidelines for punctuation differ somewhat among countries and publications. Thus, some of the guidance on this website does not always apply. Most of it, however, is widely applicable.

The Punctuation Day homepage has links to other items. One is a newsletter titled “The Exclamation Point!” Although this newsletter seems to be largely for elementary-school teachers, much of it could suit anyone interested in punctuation.

A useful link is the one titled “Resources”. It leads to lists of books and websites on punctuation, grammar, and related topics. From one of the resources, I learned that March 4 is National Grammar Day.

Maybe then I’ll tell my graduate students “Happy Grammar Day!”

Until the next post—

Barbara