As I sat pondering what in the world I was going to write about this week, the only thing that came to my mind was this scene from Spongebob:
Okay, but seriously. What did I learn?
I learned about: THE COMMA.
Let me tell you a story. When I was in grade school and learning about how to properly form sentences, I was taught that we should always use a comma to divide all items in a series (i.e. "I asked for M&M's, chocolate chips, and brownies"). So, that is how I grew up writing. Everything was all fine-and-dandy until my high school english teacher told me that you could either use the comma or you could not use the comma (i.e. "I asked for M&M's, chocolate chips, and brownies" OR "I asked for M&M's, chocolate chips and brownies"). WHHAT? Mind blown. And from then on, I was just a poor, confused little girl.
In our MCOM class this week, I found out why everyone was telling me different things. Apparently, it depends on your audience. For the business world, you always use the comma. So, because I will most likely be communicating with people that are in the business world, I choose this day, to always use The Comma.
Believe me, my worst nightmare are those rules of grammars. Interesting thing, as I started learning about English grammar, I started to understand more about Portuguese grammar( I am from Brazil), I don't know how related they are, but that how it was. I have a huge collection of books of English grammar, if you ever need it, just let me know =).
ReplyDeleteAlthough I am pretty sure I will learn more from you, than you learn from me.haahaha
I really enjoy your humor in this. Grammar is definitely a challenge, but I think that you have the right attitude to go about it!
ReplyDeleteGo girl, use those commas!