Preposterous Punctuation

Punctuation has valuable uses, but these rules should not be enforced because free use of punctuation allows for writers to express their thoughts in a clearer way. This is expressed best through poetry and social media. In today's world, people do not always have the time or the ability to use punctuation correctly, yet people can still understand the meaning of these grammatical atrocities. In source 1, Hitchings gives numerous examples of how our language has changed. In the "sentence" he gives, "Gr8 C u l8r @ skul :)" he shows how communication is entirely possible without the correct use of punctuation. The two poems, "On Punctuation" by Elizabeth Austen and "I Dwell in Possibility" by Emily Dickinson also use punctuation incorrectly or do not include it at all and still contain a theme that the audience is able to grasp. The use of the dashes as pauses may be said to prove punctuation rules are necessary, but in reality, they help show the creativity an author can have if they use punctuation freely. The whole poem is punctuated awfully. This helps to prove that the rules behind punctuation are restrictive and should not bind writers as tightly as they do.