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No Punctuation

September 29, 2015 6 Comments

No Punctuation

By Kent V Anderson

My professor asks us to write a story

I write mine with no punctuation

But he says established convention cannot be ignored and gives me a D

I submit my story online

People like it and say its quite readable

In a short time the idea catches on

Everyone online starts writing without punctuation

The business world follows

Productivity rises due to time saved when writing reports and emails

Book publishers save money on ink

Computers come out with smaller keyboards

Finally my professor emails me an apology without punctuation

i write my next story without the use of capital letters

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Comments

  1. Barry O'Farrell says

    September 29, 2015 at 9:43 am

    Kent, you are onto something
    Reading is so much more enjoyable without the distraction of punctuation which is just a racket anyway

    Reply
    • Kent V Anderson says

      September 29, 2015 at 9:51 am

      Barry
      I agree with you
      I think the punctuation lobby has become way too powerful
      I expect that we will see a lot less punctuation in the future

      Reply
  2. DeRicki Johnson says

    September 29, 2015 at 4:22 pm

    Wonderful example of how humanity progresses

    And funny to boot

    bravo ?

    Reply
    • Kent V Anderson says

      September 29, 2015 at 5:49 pm

      More progress without punctuation
      Thanks

      Reply
  3. Brittany M Harrell says

    October 24, 2015 at 1:13 pm

    Clever! Loved this! 😀

    Reply
    • Kent V Anderson says

      October 26, 2015 at 1:09 pm

      Thank you Brittany

      Ive written several stories without punctuation recently
      So now I have quite a few punctuation marks
      just lying around in storage
      and I don’t know what to do with them
      Im thinking that perhaps I should send them to a local elementary school

      Reply

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