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What is your favorite punctuation mark and why?
Cat Nap
On New Year's Day as it got near bedtime, I noticed something. Or, rather, a lack of something. Cinder had been in the house most of the day, as had the other cats, since it was cold and snowy. But whereas Dortmunder and Vin tend to spend a lot of time napping in closets or under furniture, Cinder always lets us know where he is. He flops down on the floor where we are constantly walking from kitchen to living room, or is curled up on the couch for hours at a time where the kids like to sit. The point is, it's never a mystery where he has gotten himself off to. So we looked around and concluded that he was not in the house after all. I went outside with a flashlight and found kitty prints going toward the neighbors' yard, but they had shoveled a little later than I had, and I couldn't find any more tracks. The next day there were cat prints on our back porch, so during the night he had probably come to the door there wanting to be let in. I went out and followed the...
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This is difficult. We all love the exclamation point but i wouldn't say i'm in LOVE love with it.
I have an addiction to the comma but doesn't everyone.
I'm going to say... brackets. [] Who doesn't love brackets? I just like them. And i love when i get to use them, and also these: {} It's a special day when that happens.
(And I find I use parentheses a lot.)
I love the drama of a good em dash—but then, I love the en dash too, although it might just be pity that it is so misunderstood.
It can convey so much. And the person reading can decide what they want it to mean.
~Lizzy