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Once upon a time, a period married a colon and gave birth to a semicolon. The semicolon had some of the characteristics of a period because it usually came at the end of a clause that could stand on its own as a sentence. It had some of the characteristics of a colon because it caused the reader to slow down and nearly come to a full stop. It also resembled its uncle the comma because it gave a sense of flow to two clauses locked in a love embrace. When little Miss Semicolon grew to adulthood, she said, “I’m all about relationships.”

The function of the semicolon is in bringing two clauses together in a relationship but not necessarily specifying what the relationship is. The relationship happens in readers’ heads; that is the beauty of the semicolon. Read more

The DSVC Professional Show is one of the preeminent creative competitions in the country, showcasing the very best of the past year’s accomplishments in design, advertising, photography, and illustration.

DATE :: June 7, 2008
LOCATION :: Frontiers of Flight Museum
MEMBERS :: Individual $60, Table of Ten $600
NON-MEMBERS :: Individual $70, Table of Ten $700

Last month’s EWA prompted a number of complementary messages and a few suggestions for improvements.

Tom Schneider found two typographical errors. Particularly distressing to me is the fact that I covered both of them in an earlier issue on sound-alike words. Last month I wrote, “slight of hand” when I meant to write “sleight of hand.” I wrote, “assent” (meaning “to agree or concur”) when I meant to write “ascent” (”upward movement”). I don’t think I will make either error again; regardless, my mistakes illustrate the formidable challenges of attempting even minimal mastery of our language.

Tom also pointed out that I had talked about grammar in the introduction of last month’s piece yet had discussed a point of punctuation in the EWA itself. I had always thought punctuation is a subset of grammar, but that is not so. Grammar relates to a system underlying the structure of a language. Punctuation refers to the various marks we use when writing to make the meaning clear. Who knew? Now we know.

A Decade of Hooks, Slices and Dreams
The Dallas Society of Visual Communications invites you to tee up for the 10th Annual D.C. Stipp Memorial Golf Tournament on Friday, May 2, 2008 at the Grand Oaks Golf Club in Grand Prairie. Your swings can help kids go very far – all the way to college, in fact. For the past several years, we’ve not only had a lot of fun, but we’ve been able to give increasingly valuable college scholarships to deserving local high school grads. To continue this fine tradition, we need your help. Even if you don’t know a chip shot from a zip file, it’s a great afternoon out with prizes and plenty of fun with your colleagues. Plus, it commemorates a great friend who’s gone and celebrates the bright future ahead of some promising kids. So mark your calendar and we’ll see you at the tee.

DATE: Friday May 2, 2008
LOCATION: Grand Oaks Golf Club, Grand Prairie
CHECK IN: 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
LUNCH: 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
TEE OFF: 1:00 pm
DINNER: After golf including Awards Presentation

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