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By James Poniewozik | @poniewozik | September 24, 2008 | +

From a company I shall leave unnamed comes a PR pitch with a subject line I am going to hope is a joke:

National Punctuation Day is Sept 24, How Are You Celebrating?

Then again, maybe it isn’t. From the body of the email:

We’re not the only ones celebrating correct grammar, the [product name redacted] also includes…

Have a happy National Punctuation Day, I hope you’re attempts at generating viral publicity succeedses!

(Yes, I am a former copy editor. Yes, I am this pedantic and annoying in real life.)

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