What type of person do you are?
I don’t know much about myself but one thing I’m 100% sure is: I’m a dramatic person. If you read my last texts you know it too.
Sadness brings me inspiration so when this feeling visits me I write.
I was reading some things on my notes before I to begin write this text and I’m very dramatic. I wrote things like: "I’m living a life of shit because I’m a piece of shit" (I’m laughing right now. why sometimes am I so silly?) or "I would like to be a cherry blossom" but I liked this. Other day I wrote about a mosquito but it’s a good text so maybe I will publish it here.
Anyway, if you want to tell me what type of person you are I'll be glad to read that.
Thank you for reading and see you next friday.
-R
Commas are hard, and even native English speakers have trouble learning them over years of schooling, so please don't be discouraged by the many corrections. There are two types of sentences I'm seeing that are missing commas most in this text, so I'll give some examples to help you spot them. (But please do look for a grammar source you like that can help!)
COMPOUND SENTENCE: two independent clauses (think, "complete sentences") that are connected by a coordinating conjunction (and, or, but, etc.)
I like going to movie theaters. ➕ I don't like crowds. ➡️ I like going to movie theaters, but I don't like crowds.
The first part with "I like going to movie theaters" and the last part with "I don't like crowds" are complete sentences on their own. When we connect them with "but," we add a comma between them and before the "but."
Compare that with the following sentence. I like going to movie theaters, and I like eating popcorn.
It's the same, right? The first part with "I like going to movie theaters" and the last part with "I like eating popcorn" are each complete sentences on their own. However, "I like" is a little repetitive. If we remove the second "I like," we get this sentence:
I like going to movie theaters and eating popcorn.
The first part with "I like going to movie theaters" is a complete sentence on its own, but the last part with only "eating popcorn" is not because it is missing it's subject (and also its verb). In this case, we don't need the comma.
COMPLEX SENTENCE: an independent clause and a dependent clause together in one sentence
An independent clause is like a complete sentence. For example: I reached into my pocket.
You can add a subordinate conjunction (when, if, after, because, although, etc.; there are many of these!) to make it a dependent clause, like this: when I reached into my pocket
That has a subject ("I") and a predicate (verb + any objects that go with the verb; "reached..."), but it's not a complete sentence. If you just said this and nothing else, someone listening to you might ask you to continue. This is why we call it a dependent clause: it depends on another, independent clause to make sense.
When I reached into my pocket, I realized I left my wallet at home.
When the dependent clause comes first, it gets a comma. When it comes after the independent clause, it doesn't.
When I reached into my pocket, I realized I left my wallet at home. I realized I left my wallet at home when I reached into my pocket.
I don't think you're so dramatic. :) I think you are too harsh on yourself sometimes. Many of us have similar thoughts, and it takes work and self-kindness to get past them. I think a bit of text about a mosquito might be interesting! Personally, I would love to hear why you want to be a cherry blossom. 🌸
I'm probably a pedantic person. Maybe that's why I like grammar so much!
Thank you for writing!
Hi, I do agree with @rlquinn that comma rules are hard! However, personally, I would take a more lenient approach, and if you can't memorize all these rules or wrap your head around them, don't... yet! Focus on improving your skills. For example, perhaps you should look at question formation more closely, and make sure you understand how to ask grammatical sentences. But (well, prescriptively, you can't start a sentence with coordinating conjunctions like "but", but it's fine, really) don't be stressed! You are making the same mistakes that young children make when they learn English as their mother tongue, which proves that these rules are structures are among the harder ones to master. Keep learning and practicing, and you'll eventually get the hang of it!
@rlquinn Your explication helped me so, thank you! If you to read my last text "I wouldn't worry if I were a cherry blossom", you will understand why I mentioned it in this text. 🌸 One more time thank you for your help and your kindness words.
@TonyXer Thank you! I'll study more. 😄