Of Propulsion and Punctuation

From Ursula K. Le Guin, in STEERING THE CRAFT:

“…punctuation tells the reader how to hear your writing. That’s what it’s for. Commas and periods bring out the grammatical structure of a sentence; they make it clear to the understanding, and the emotions, by showing what it sounds like – where the breaks come, where to pause. If you read music, you know that rests are signs for silence. Punctuation marks serve very much the same purpose.”

Ursula K. Le Guin, STEERING THE CRAFT, pp.11-12.

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