![]() ![]() Another great example is this Dear John letter, which gives different punctuation to the same words to create two very different letters. ![]() A common example is the distinction between these two phrases: “Let’s eat, grandma!” and “Let’s eat grandma!”. On top of giving us cadence, punctuation provides clarity. Attempting to “imagine” the punctuation as we read is seriously disorienting. We anticipate the end of a sentence before we reach it because we notice the period ahead of time. This is largely due to the way our brains process the written word rather than go word-by-word, we read in chunks. Far from holding the literary accolades of stream-of-consciousness works like Joyce’s, these documents are just plain unreadable. Transcripts or captions without punctuation have an even worse case against them. If you didn’t know already, now you really see the difference that punctuation-or a complete lack of it-can make. Before you read any further, take a look at the last chapter of Ulysses by James Joyce. ![]()
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