The Road Discussion Questions and Answers • A major difference in Cormac McCarthy’s style of writing is the lack of punctuation. He rarely uses commas, apostrophes, or quotation marks. A prime example is on page 192, where McCarthy writes, “The boy held the tin up and drained the last of the juice and then sat with the tin in his lap and passed his forefinger around the inside of it and put his finger in his mouth. Dont cut your finger, the man said. You always say that. I know.” (McCarthy 192). This passage supports the lack of punctuation by demonstrating the absence of commas, which makes the sentence longer. He doesn’t include the apostrophe in “don’t”, and eliminates quotation marks when dialogue’s involved. This passage also supports