Most neglected punctuation mark: Semicolon. Most abused: Apostrophe.

[bertha katzenengel]

Discuss. :hi:

[CBGLuthier]

1. Kurt Vonnegut loathes semicolons

I am with him.

[buddhamama]

3. me too,

if Kurt doesn't need semicolons, neither do I. :)

[JitterbugPerfume]

14. me too!

I dislike what Kurt dislikes

Down with semicolons:

[billyskank]

2. I adore semicolons; I try to use them wherever I can.

:D

[miss_american_pie]

4. I think commas

are slightly more abused than apostrophes; however, it may be too close to call. :hi:

[idgiehkt]

7. you are right about that.

I wasn't aware of it till I took a medical transcription course. It's a national epidemic.

[billyskank]

17. You joined two sentences with a semicolon;

I love you forever. :loveya:

[miss_american_pie]

20. Awww

I was an English major. If I can't manage that I'm in trouble. :hi:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

5. Apostrophes are deifnitely the most abused.

I saw a local ad awhile back that said "Open Saturday's and Sunday's."

:mad:

[calico1]

6. I agree that semicolon's are abused;

and often put in place's they dont belong; it really bug's me;

:P :D

[Gidney N Cloyd]

8. Lowest self-esteem: umlaut nt

[Karenina]

16. I love the umlaut...

It's REALLY helpful. But your post is OFF TOPIC; it's a diacritical mark, not punctuation. :spank:

[Gidney N Cloyd]

22. You're really one of those closet anti-umlautites.

You SAY you like them but you won't let them in your little restricted punctuation club, huh?

[Karenina]

23. THEY'RE NOT PUNCTUATION!!!

They are beloved guides to pronunciation, indicators of tense, guideposts along dem Weg zum Erfolg diese verdammte Sprache zu beherrschen... (I KNOW I mangled that but FUCK IT, beer run time).

[MassLiberal]

9. another fan of semicolons here

Abuse of apostrophes make me grit my teeth.

[Arugula Latte]

10. Agreed.

Please, people, if you use a semi-colon, make sure you've got a complete sentence on both sides of it; the grammar gods will bless you. Thank you.

[Fox Mulder]

11. It really bugs me when people abuse apostrophe's.

:grr:

[Oeditpus Rex]

12. There's a restaurant here

on whose menu, before they got new ones, every reference to eggs was written "egg's."

:banghead:

I can understand misuse of the semicolon and other punctuation, but turning a plural into a singular possessive just befuddles me.

[tjwmason]

13. Absobluminglutely.

Which is very odd because the apostrophe has the most simple and obvious rules to follow of all punctuation.

Grammarians can argue for hours over a comma, but with an apostophe it's sooooooo damn simple.

Albeit, I have to admit to messing making mistakes with them when I'm trying to think and type too quickly.

[NewWaveChick1981]

15. Comma splices make my brain hurt.

I love the semicolon and use it correctly. :hi: I also do not abuse apostrophes. I despise seeing one out of place, missing, and/or used incorrectly.

[billyskank]

18. See?

How could anybody not love you? :loveya:

[StellaBlue]

19. re: apostrophe

and its misuse

:grr:

[VeggieTart]

21. Tell me about it.

I have no problem with the semicolon; it has its uses. But I hate people who can't tell the difference between a contraction and a possessive pronoun. It happens all the frigging time. :grr:

And dear Gaia, do I get pissed when people turn plurals into possessives. :nuke: The only exception is when it would be confusing to leave out the apostrophe.

And when the hell did people decide to start spelling definitely with an "a"?! :grr:

[GOPisEvil]

24. Ever see Star Customs here in town?

I don't know what infuriates me more: the fact that the proprietor had a sign made up that reads "Star Custom's" or that a sign maker built it.

:argh: