Graphological Elegance of English Punctuation Notations

Abstract

The media of writing and spoken language generally have the grammatical units-morpheme, word, phrase, clause, sentence - as the element for encoding ideas. Semantically, these units have ideas about the real world embodied in them, and structurally, they adhere to the rules of the syntax of English. However, this graphological signifier and signified linearly arranged to communicate thought remain meaningless without a careful embellishment of writing and speech with punctuation notation. This paper subsumes, via documentary examination, the elegance of the accurate use of punctuation notations, the implications of correct application to writing and speech, and the necessity of being mindful of these fundamental language tools enriching writing and speech with elegance, coherence, and endearment. Added to the purpose of this paper is a tip on proper capitalization the careful use of which marks one out as being intimate with the mechanics of the language.