Dust off your old copies of Writing in Style and the MLA Style Guide and celebrate this 24-hour period that has been designated National Punctuation Day. Read, or re-read, Eats, Shoots and Leaves. Engage your friends in spirited debates over comma faults, and when to use a dash and when to employ a colon. Heck, get a colonoscopy if you're really into it! (As a sometime writer for the trucking industry, I prefer the semi-colon myself, but each to their own.) Today is a day for proudly picking apart the latest issue of your daily newspaper!













