<p>Hurston ascribed much of her <deeply individualistic=“”> personality to the experience of growing up in Eatonville. Why can’t it be <truly egotistical=“”>? the explanation in the book wasn’t very clear. </truly></deeply></p>
<p>Also, if a sentence only has two things listed, you don’t need a comma? EX, her obvious intelligence and talent soon earned her a scholarship. </p>
<p>But you would need a comma if it says, intelligence, talent, and skill. Right??</p>
<p>Thanks!!~~</p>
<p>Hello everyone on College Confidential.
To suhstacy: Well “deeply individualistic” has a much nicer connotation (i.e. sounds like a compliment or something good) than “truly egotistical.”
If someone said “deeply individualistic” about a person, I would think that person is someone who follows his/her own thoughts and believes in his/her-self. On the other hand, “truly egotistical” means to me that the person is selfish and cares about no one else.
And about the commas, you don’t need two commas in a sentence if ONLY two things are listed.
But with THREE things, then you can decide between two commas or three commas (cow, milk and eggs vs. cow, milk, and eggs). Most people, however, prefer three commas.</p>