Watch out for correct use of quotations! Even though we didn't get the chance to see "someone with a beard dealing with a head cold," aka Mr. Tangen, we did learn how to use quotations and comma splices. Punctuation marks didn't just show up like McDonald's do, they have had lots of history.
Just like Dante's Inferno defined Italian, there were many books and authors that determined the use of certain punctuals. These people could even create their own symbols and nothing could be done about that. The importance of trend and the "survival of the fittest" explains how the most prominent punctuation marks survived while those with less use lay forgotten. In disagreement with the author, a smaller amount of punctuals don't make languages less rich, they make it easier to understand what is written. Even today many people don't use semi-colons or even commas. This blandness creates tangible and monotonous comprehension.
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