Essay On Punctuation

The—little—things—tend—to—not—mean—as—much—when—there—is—a— bigger—picture. The small things in life tend to be overlooked, much like punctuation. What typically runs through someone’s mind when reading a sentence with punctuation they are not used to seeing? Readers typically just read over them as if they were just another character between the words. Every punctuation mark has a meaning, one that is physically seen, but not always cognitively taken into consideration. Punctuation is used everyday, even when spoken; the marks are just unseen. Similarly, when reading, many people skip over the punctuation marks effortlessly, almost like they are invisible. Punctuation is an important part in writing, it is not always about the words; each punctuation mark has its own meaning and reason behind why it is being used. The period ends all thought, only allowing the writer to continue with that thought or to completely end it all. Since the period is the easiest of all punctuation to understand, it is the most commonly used. Periods are much easier to spot where they are missing rather than seeing where one is; it has become an instinct to use the period that people

Using punctuation improperly only creates messes in the writing, giving off the wrong impression of who the writer really is and what they are capable of. Punctuation was invented to help writing not hurt it. Many look at punctuation as just another dot or a line on a page, that they are not even one hundred percent sure of what it all means when it is much more than that. The words are not what make up the entire story, the punctuation makes up a lot of what is going on, sometimes giving the mind a brief pause, or an omission of unnecessary information, even making it possible to list off things in a formal