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     In an ever-changing world, a standard form of punctuation is necessary, because it enables writers to write in a clear and concise method that portrays their ideas in an efficient manner.
   
     Many people suggest that punctuation should be modified to parallel our advancing society. It is understandable that people would desire this change, as we have entered a new era of communicating via text, tweets, and Facebook messages/ statuses, and much more. These do not require apostrophes, commas, or even periods to deliver the intended message. However, punctuation is "vital for clear, effective, and consistent communication" (Source A). For instance, in the source containing the cartoons, two identical sentences have completely different meanings due to minute changes in punctuation. Whichever message the author wanted to convey is entirely dictated by the punctuation he/she chose to utilize. To continue, a lack of a standard form of punctuation would be inefficient, as it would hinder the reader; readers will have to exert extra effort in tryings to decipher the author's intended meaning from the continuos string of words they are reading. To save readers from this inconvenience, Dolnick states that "semicolons, along with exclamation points and dashes, and whole sackfuls of commas, are...vital tools in keeping...the "stream of thought" from appearing to the reader as a wild torrent"(source E).  Punctuation is a major concept of literature , and without a definitive set of rules of how to use it , clarity will be lost.