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I'd like to share this piece of writing with you. Amongst its many outstanding qualities, the tribute to commas that this single sentence embodies must be singled out for special commendation. Enjoy.
They're best if read out loud, but don't forget to start with a lungful of air.
And this:The little cottage in which I am staying looks like it was planted here between the hills, as indeed all of them do, for they are as much a part of the countryside as the ploughed potato fields and the turf bogs, which, incidentally, as I am sitting here writing to you, the smell of the smoke from the turf fire is drifting in under the door, along with the music of Roisin Dubh, which the man of the house is playing on some kind of old stringed instrument that sounds almost like a mandolin, both of which fill me with such a sense of how I, and all of us have missed by not being more familiar with these parts of Ireland.
From 'The Divided Heart', by Eileen Sherman.The song was 'When I Am With You', and listening to Colin singing it, Rosaleen couldn't help but be impressed by the deep quality of his voice, and she could tell that the others felt the same way by the silent attitudes being communicated towards Billy, the m.c., in that the singer hadn't been oversold, and she even felt a smile on her lips at Billy's own response, for his expression was heavy with complacency, which not only said that he agreed with their opinion, but it tended to back up his own good judgement, that he knew before they did, exactly how good the singer was going to be.
They're best if read out loud, but don't forget to start with a lungful of air.