Derrida- "Difference"

I must admit that this was an unusual reading and complex reading for me. I seem to feel like Derrida has created a trace in regards to the word difference, and also created an in depth explanation for his theory or philosophy of the root word differ. Derrida explains that our words have substance and presence that guarantee there truthfulness, I somewhat agree and I somehow feel that this is a statement that can also be proven contradictory to some of the remaining portion of the article. “Difference” is explained to be neither being a word nor concept which would make it in turn difficult for it to be present or have presence along with substance.

The dissecting and speculations in regards to the alphabets seemed somewhat unorthodox as well. I feel like Derrida is attacking the structure or concept of grammar, and all of its attributes. In this theory, I do agree that language and words did not fall from the sky, but did evolve into a system which would allow for communication through language and words to be effective. I do feel like the effectiveness of language and words is what allows for the language top seem “present”, or to remain in the “presence”. So in reality according to this theory, “What is the Difference?”