http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/03/14/where-have-all-the-commas-gone-should-terry-mcmillan-win-a-delete-key-award-for-sentences-like-this/ Janice Harayda Reviews Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry for Adults and Children Thu, 16 May 2013 19:28:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/03/14/where-have-all-the-commas-gone-should-terry-mcmillan-win-a-delete-key-award-for-sentences-like-this/#comment-640 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:00:35 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/03/14/where-have-all-the-commas-gone-should-terry-mcmillan-win-a-delete-key-award-for-sentences-like-this/#comment-640 The trouble was that every time I tried to get through that line, I kept losing my place and had to go back to the beginning and start over. If you were able to do it, this may be my problem. Good thing these awards are over tomorrow, so I can go back to reading books with sentence lengths I can handle …

]]> http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/03/14/where-have-all-the-commas-gone-should-terry-mcmillan-win-a-delete-key-award-for-sentences-like-this/#comment-639 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 23:29:22 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/03/14/where-have-all-the-commas-gone-should-terry-mcmillan-win-a-delete-key-award-for-sentences-like-this/#comment-639 I thought the passage pretty amusing. If you take a deep breath and say it aloud, you’ll come up for air precisely on the one comma.

]]> http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/03/14/where-have-all-the-commas-gone-should-terry-mcmillan-win-a-delete-key-award-for-sentences-like-this/#comment-637 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 22:32:59 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/03/14/where-have-all-the-commas-gone-should-terry-mcmillan-win-a-delete-key-award-for-sentences-like-this/#comment-637 You’re right: Terry McMillan does write in a certain voice. And some people would argue that for a writer, having a voice is in itself a good thing, because so many writer don’t have one. I do appreciate that, and it’s why I’ve been throwing some of these sentences “out there” for comment. I suspect a lot of people agree with you … Thanks so much for your comment.

]]> http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/03/14/where-have-all-the-commas-gone-should-terry-mcmillan-win-a-delete-key-award-for-sentences-like-this/#comment-636 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 21:11:21 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/03/14/where-have-all-the-commas-gone-should-terry-mcmillan-win-a-delete-key-award-for-sentences-like-this/#comment-636 its pretty bad, but it holds a certain character. i could overlook it if it was part of a gripping section of the book.

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