I’ve noticed that lately I’m writing a lot of sentences that use commas in ways that you’re not supposed to use commas. It’s not that I’ve forgotten how grammar works, it’s just that I’m obsessed with transcribing my thoughts the way I’d say them, and with using punctuation and language like notation for speech rather than its own strictly ruled system of language.
I think I got this from Charles Olson. I also think that it might be a problem. What if I get USED to all these comma splices and I forget that they’re technically completely wrong? What if people think I don’t know HOW to use a comma? OH NO!
