What’s the point of punctuation?

Do you always use correct punctuation or are you cheerfully swapping a full stop for an emoji? How would it make you feel if we just stopped using punctuation?

With 1 in 6 adults in the UK having a literacy levels below what’s expected for 9–11 year olds there are lots of concerns about how literacy is taught and measured in our schools: https://literacytrust.org.uk/parents-and-families/adult-literacy/what-do-adult-literacy-levels-mean/

Andrea Constable talks about illiteracy, writing that carries meaning but isn’t formal, how video & gifs replace words, the use of phonetics and how language evolves, including how a full stop or lack of it can leave people feeling angry.

“Girl Woman Other” by Bernardine Evaristo has received over 30 Book of the Year and Decade honours.

Roger McGough, author of “Streemin”

Andrea is a qualified Social Media Manager at Squiggle Social and works with green and ethical business.

If you’d like to share your talent, passion or fun topic, get in touch with Ann Hawkins

Topics people have shared in this fun version of the iconic TED Talks:
Rust, being hilarious, ethical non-monogamy, puppets, the Middle East, YouTubers, synaesthesia, street art, recycling, Japanese loos, Makaton, the hero’s journey, homesteading, hacking, men with beards, neurodivergence, dying well, magic, music, cartooning, writing novels, failing at being a rock star, being a legal alien, unnecessary puntuation and how to use humour in storytelling.