Style Exercise

Exercise #:2 Options in punctuation:
The things I have learned and continue to learn from my Mother are endless she has taught me all of the founding principles of my life and for that I am eternally thankful Though my Mother and I have many discussions on various subjects within which I learn many different things I believe that many of the things I learn from her are discovered and observed from example. I am a strong believer in the notion that the saying like father like son transfers into both genders however I do think that this is more a result of following example rather than a result of inheritance or genetics It is common knowledge that not everyone is perfect even heroes and in realizing this I know that I although I wish to be like my Mother in most ways I do not in all This realization may be one of the most important things I have learned my Mother has taught me to base my decisions in life not solely on the examples and actions of others but simply on what I gather and learn from the examples and actions of others In other words she has taught me not to follow blindly but to make my own decisions based on what I think is important
Revised
The things I have learned and continue to learn from my mother are endless, she has taught me all of the founding principles of my life and for that I am eternally thankful. Though my mother and I have many discussions on various subjects, within which I learn many different things, I believe that many of the things I learn from her are discovered and observed from example. I am a strong believer in the notion that the saying “like father, like son” transfers into both genders, however, I do think that this is more a result of following example rather than a result of inheritance or genetics. It is common knowledge that not everyone is perfect, even heroes, and in realizing this I know that I although I wish to be like my mother in most ways I do not in all. This realization may be one of the most important things I have learned, my mother has taught me to base my decisions in life not solely on the examples and actions of others but simply on what I gather and learn from the examples and actions of others. In other words, she has taught me not to follow blindly but to make my own decisions based on what I think is important.


I choose this exercise because I wanted to show the importance of punctuation. The correct punctuation means a lot to the entire passage, one missed punctuation and it will make the sentence that you are writing seem weird or out of place. So my opinion is that this is a very helpful exercise and all writers should use it just to help them see exactly what I see.