From: benlizro@ihug.co.nz   
      
   ??! Didn't we have this one before? (No, I'm not going to go back and   
   check.)   
      
   Founded 2003 by Jeff Rubin, an American consultant on writing and   
   design, "to increase public awareness of the importance of correct   
   punctuation."   
      
   I'm wondering just what the founding act consisted of? Sending out a   
   press release? Notifying the National "National Day" Bureau?   
      
   Crystal: "It's remarkable how punctuation -- along with spelling -- has   
   achieved such an important role as an index of educability and stylistic   
   mastery."   
      
   "Part of the problem is that the English punctuation system isn't   
   simple, as its evolution has resulted in many variations and   
   exceptions."  Hmm. Sounds just like spelling.   
      
   "My feeling is that it would be more helpful, in the long term, to spend   
   the day exploring the history of punctuation rather than going out with   
   cameras to find errors, or with marker pens to correct them."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)