AmandaNichols

I didn't enjoy this chapter as much as the last one. I wish Truss had included some comical examples of companies misusing commas like she did with apostrophe. I still found the material about commas interesting and easy to read. Once again, I think this material could easily be introduced and explained in a very dry way and I'm thankful this is Truss's style.

I really did not know there was so much history behind commas and punctuation in general. I found the beginning of the chapter very informative and interesting. Also, (I know this really isn't even about commas), I really laughed out loud when I read this sentence:

"Of course, if Hebrew of any of the other ancient languages had included punctuation, (in the case of Hebrew, a few vowels might have been nice as well)..."

I think that small addition of some comical relief is really great. It kind of makes me relax a little more and take a break from all the comma information. I really liked Truss's sense of humor.

The part about the Oxford Comma was also interesting for me. I think I'm for the Oxford Comma. I guess it's always kind of bugged me when people say, for example, "Peanutbutter, jelly and bread." Although, I think I may overuse commas sometimes.

"The wedding wasn't big and fat and Greek."

I liked that line, as well. I remember that movie and I never noticed that there were three adjectives describing the wedding but no commas. Some of her examples:

"Australian red wines are better than Australian white ones."
"It was an endangered white rhino."

This was just many things Truss pointed out that I really have never noticed before.

I'm really finding this book interesting!