Grandma For Dinner!

Reading Maldy’s article “Will we use Commas in the Future?” made me think about the importante of commas, rather than to agree with his point, that we wont use commas in the future. Although he writes very well without commas, I do think that they are necessary. They make the difference.

I hadnt though about the imporatnce of the comma because its something that I do automatically, but if I stop using them my messages can be perceived very differently and i might even have problems. In the article, Malady gives the example of “lets eat grandma!”. If one does not put a comma alter eat, it would sound as if one is saying to eat their grandma. Although by logic we wouldnt think so, it still sends a completely different message.

In class we watched the TED talk about how texting is so different from writing, and that is something Malady should take into account. Texting isn't the same thing as writing, it's another form of language. Just because we use abreviations when texting, it doesn't mean we are going to write them in our collage essays. Although he is right that this does have and effect of how people write, it most definitley won't be good if people start writing as they are texting or tweeting. 

The comma is such an essential part of writing that if they are deleted the messages that we send to others would be missinterpreted and someone might eat their grandma. Some people say that they write like they talk, but we actually use commas when we are speaking. We pause just a little, or when we are saying something it is essential to pause to deliver the right message.