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conulyEva's spelling has her writing dictated sentences. Before she starts, I follow the neatly written script and remind her that a sentence has to end with a period or question mark.
"Or an exclamation mark!"
"Yes, but no. Look, it says right here: 'Exclamation points are overused in children's writing and should not be encouraged.' They're absolutely right, too. Stick to periods and question marks, kiddo."
She then proceeded to end every single sentence with an exclamation point. Gosh, who could have ever seen that coming? Since then, every time we get up to writing sentences, she recites the one about exclamation points being overused in children's writing and giggles. So long as she's happy?
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"Or an exclamation mark!"
"Yes, but no. Look, it says right here: 'Exclamation points are overused in children's writing and should not be encouraged.' They're absolutely right, too. Stick to periods and question marks, kiddo."
She then proceeded to end every single sentence with an exclamation point. Gosh, who could have ever seen that coming? Since then, every time we get up to writing sentences, she recites the one about exclamation points being overused in children's writing and giggles. So long as she's happy?
Denmark holds first PEGIDA rallies
Supreme Court Could Upend Judicial Campaign Laws
Boko Haram's threat to region escalates
Boko Haram crisis: Group of Cameroon captives freed
Did Civil War Soldiers Have PTSD?
The state of felony disenfranchisement in America
US Delegation Meets With Cuban Officials, Not Castro
Measles outbreak spreading beyond Disneyland visitors
Syria Kurds battling IS capture strategic Kobane hilltop
NSA secretly hijacked existing malware to spy on N. Korea, others
Scientists Test Out Tiny Robots Meant to Travel Inside a Human Body
Ebola Affects Not Only the Dead, But the Children Left Behind
Israel, Lebanon brace for possible Hezbollah retaliation after Israeli attack
Tricky pitcher plants lure ants into a false sense of security
How Expensive It Is to Be Poor
They were never there: Russia's silence for families of troops killed in Ukraine
Dozens of people have been killed or wounded as fighting escalates along the front line in eastern Ukraine and the battle for Donetsk airport continues.
Russian forces, equipment enter Ukraine, PM says
In the Fight Against Haeomphilia, Dogs are a Weapon
Inside New York City’s newest recycling center
At least 50 U.S. law enforcement agencies quietly deployed radars that let them effectively see inside homes, with little notice to the courts or the public.
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Merriam-Webster is revising its most authoritative tome for the digital age. But in an era of twerking and trolling, what should a dictionary look like? (And do we even need one?)
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Date: 2015-01-20 11:54 am (UTC)They shouldn't be discouraged? Well, in that case, it was a great success, wasn't it. ;)
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Date: 2015-01-20 05:15 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2015-01-21 03:08 am (UTC)(From that reaction, I think she gets the point pretty well, though, that exclamation points don't seem so self-consciously serious.)