Punctuation Perfection

Punctuation literally makes or breaks a piece of writing. I think sometimes people underestimate the power of punctuation because there are so many choices that you can use. Dashes, commas, periods, exclamation points, question marks (okay, nobody misuses question marks), semicolons, colons, ellipses...the list goes on and on. The problem is that these different punctuations mean different things, and often it's the context that determines whether a comma and a conjunction, or a period should separate two clauses. I'm not saying one is more correct than the other, but overlooking the stylistic qualities of punctuation is overlooking a major component of a piece of writing, and can add stylistic flair when used correctly.