Basic Trope: Theres no punctuation
- Straight: There are no periods commas or apostrophes in the novel
- Exaggerated: theres no punctuation and it s all in lowercase and too many words are speled rong
- Downplayed: The last sentence of each paragraph or speech balloon never ends with a period but other sentences have periods
- Justified:
- no punctuation is funnier.
- The sentence is being spoken by a character with a Motor Mouth so it makes sense he is not using pauses in his speech.
- The text was typed on a typewriter with too worn down punctuation hammers.
- The amateur telegraph operator doesn't know the prosigns for punctuation. note
- Inverted: Wanton, Cruelty To. The: Common; Co'mma.
- Subverted: The novel has no punctuation, but strangely its sequel does use punctuation.
- Double Subverted: The sequel was subject to Executive Meddling the author brings out a corrected edition with the proper no punctuation
- Parodied: The characters speak their punctuation marks comma until they learn to stop doing so period
- Zig Zagged: Chapter 1 has no punctuation Chapter 2 has correct punctuation, Chapter 3 swaps commas and periods
- Averted:
- An archive requires all posted stories to use correct punctuation, otherwise they may not get posted.
- The novel has correct punctuation, and uses it in a correct and grammatical way.
- Enforced: The videogame's font/tileset has no space for punctuation marks
- Lampshaded: The characters insult the author for not using punctuation
- Invoked: The monster eats the novel s supply of punctuation
- Exploited: The missing punctuation creates ambiguity and allows the reader to interpret the words in a different way
- Defied: A character, sick of the lack of punctuation, inserts commas and periods.
- Discussed: Alice forgets to use punctuation and Bob complains
- Conversed: Bob reads fan fiction and complains about the lack of punctuation
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