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Overpunctuationitis is a condition that, like its lettered counterpart – hyperlexia (overly good spelling, frequently corrects others’ spelling mistakes) is easily treatable.
The recommended intervention is to move away from the computer and email, and take up texting (especially on the old flip phones that lack a keyboard). One rapidly sheds the extreme nuisance of correct spelling and punctuation. This treatment has a fantastic record of success. Both of the above conditions resolve completely after just a few days of introducing the treatment program.
Physicians are generally exempt from this, as they simply scribble on a prescription pad, need no punctuation or spelling, and are way too busy dealing with the bludgeoning responsibility of insurance friendly documentation to text, email, or blog. No physician was ever taught how to spell stethoscope, electroencephalograph (only its acronym EEG), or countless other long medical terms.