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I have to add in all that punctuation, capitalization".
"I came to feel that punctuation was like nailing the words onto the page," he once explained.
The second view is that punctuation is essential, not only to avoid ambiguity but also because it "shows our identity as educated people".
A historical approach is essential, because it enables us to do something that punctuation primers of the Eats, Shoots and Leaves type don't: answer the question "why".
But they've become aware that punctuation is quite a good system for making yourself clear, and that it's been completely neglected by so many people".
The situation was even worse in the law, where a long English tradition held that punctuation marks were not actually part of statutes (and, therefore, courts could not consider punctuation when interpreting them).
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His speech is elegant, too: he has the kind of precise Southern accent that makes punctuation audible.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com