An Apology

Has it ever happened to you when you are not sure if you are awake or still dreaming? It is more like sleep walking. You walk, talk, and shake hands with people, but you are only vaguely aware of it. It is not a pleasant feeling, especially when your friend has to repeat the same question three times.

Unfortunately today (Yesterdays to be more accurate) was one of those days for me. I do not know how, when or why it happened; I just realized I could not concentrate on anything. I am telling you all this because I may have forgotten to say hello to a few of you or may have said so more than necessary to a few others. So if I have ignored, offended or bothered anyone today, please accept my sincere apology for I was not myself.

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A.N: Due to Mr. Forghan Parast's insuperable aversion to exclamation marks, all of them are removed from this piece of writing.

Regarding Punctuation

Now I know by looking at this title you are all thinking, “What a shoe licker. She’s writing this just to attract Mr. Forghan Parast’s attention.” Believe me when I say that is not the case at all.

A few years ago when I was still a sophomore in high school, I registered in a site which was for a group of young writers. After a long time of reading stories, I decided to post a story (which was pretty lousy by the way). The next morning I was really eager to read the reviews to see what they thought of it. What struck me as odd was that not many people cared about the plot. Instead there were tons of reviews regarding punctuation. They were mostly like, “Do you even know how to use a comma?” or “The idea is good, but the punctuation…”

A few of them recommended that I should get a beta. A beta is a person (usually a native English speaker) who has a fairly good understanding of English grammar, spelling and punctuation (especially comma). It was with my beta’s help that I learned to write a little, but I have to admit that I used to use the comma to the point that she would threaten not to correct my mistakes anymore.

I have written this to sincerely thank Mr. Forghan Parast because after a long, long time, I might be able to impress my beta (If not with the plot, then at least with the punctuation.).