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Does the punctuation matter?

Does the punctuation matter?

I, of course, was very upset.
I of course was very upset.
There's no difference
They're both correct, but they are different.


Votes: 273 Comments: 1 Added: August 2003
Comments:
Lynque - 25th March 2007 06:47
All you need do is to read the sentence out loud to 'hear' the punctuation. In written language, punctuation stands in for all the non-verbal language we use, all the time, when we speak.
 
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