I don’t have a quiz for you today; instead I have a contest with actual prizes. (Thank you for bringing this to my attention, Ms. Gredvig!) This is an annual contest for National Punctuation Day, and here are the basic rules:
What: The ninth annual National Punctuation Day® is the September 24 holiday that reminds America that a semicolon is not a surgical procedure.
This year, the challenge revolves around the topic of the 2012 presidential election.
Challenge: Vote for your favorite Presidential Punctuation Mark in one, highly punctuated paragraph!
Rules:
· Write one paragraph with a maximum of three sentences
· Purpose of paragraph is to explain which punctuation mark should be “presidential,” and why
· Paragraph must include all of the following 13 punctuation marks:
| o apostrophe | o hyphen |
| o brackets | o parentheses |
| o colon | o period |
| o comma | o question mark |
| o dash | o quotation mark |
| o ellipsis | o semicolon |
| o exclamation point |
· You may use a punctuation mark more than once, and there is no word limit
· Multiple entries are permitted
In short, persuade us that your favorite punctuation mark should be the official punctuation mark of the President of the United States.
Contest entries must be received by September 30 to be considered for prizes. The winner(s) will receive a box of punctuation goodies, including a National Punctuation Day® T-shirt.
Send entries, including name, address and phone number, to National Punctuation Day® headquarters at Jeff.
If you want to visit the official site and get more information on the different punctuation marks you can find it here: http://www.nationalpunctuationday.com/
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