One of the main claims from Dennis Baron’s chapter is the movement of the pencil. After reading the chapter I was informed that the pencil was never actually made to write and the use of pencils to write didn’t come until many years after. The pencil was first used for people such as artists, the pencil was used to mark direct measurements in a very faint matter. Dennis Baron stated “The first pencils were made by joiners, woodworkers specializing in making furniture, to scribe measurements in wood”. I believe this is amazing, I never knew that the pencil that we use daily was first designed for markings. It wasn’t until the 1560’s that the pencil was used for writing. Once the pencil was created for writing it became easier for everyone.
