PLN #9

Bella Demiranda

PLN #9

“Is This the Future of Punctuation!?”

The article “Is This the Future of Punctuation!?” by Henry Hitchings matters to me because punctuation changes many things in papers, texts, emails, etc. Punctuation can change a simple “hi” to “hi!” The second “hi” with the exclamation point makes it sound much more exciting than just plain “hi.” These days,  texting is so popular punctuation marks make many different expressions. For example, wink-- ;), angry--- ;( or >__<, happy--- :D, :), XD, and many more. There are also the usual punctuations like commas, periods, question marks, semi colons, etc. Those simple punctuation marks are what Henry Hitchings is talking about. He is saying that they will soon just disappear once and for all. I don’t think that will happen. Punctuation is what makes essays, emails, letter, all forms of writing complete. Without them writing will have no meaning, it will just be a bunch of words on a page. Without periods especially.. If the punctuation disappears, and no “new” punctuation comes out, then there will be no point in writing because it the words wont make as much sense as it would with periods and commas. Writing isn’t my favorite thing to do...but without it how would we communicate with people far away other than calling? Texting and emailing without punctuation wouldn’t matter as much as writing at school or at your job because you don’t use it as much unless you put emotions. Life without punctuation wouldn’t be difficult, it would just be confusing. I don’t care that much about not having punctuation, but it would get a little getting used to.