Punctuation

[Brooklands]

An English professor wrote the words:

"A woman without her man is nothing " on the chalkboard and asked his students to punctuate it correctly.

All of the males in the class wrote: " A woman, without her man, is nothing."

All the females in the class wrote: " A woman: without her, man is nothing."

Punctuation is powerful.

(Copied from an email received yesterday that needed to be shared.)

 

[Mickey Richaud]

LOVE IT!

(This coming from one who loves to pick nits!)

By the way, a great, fun read is <span style="font-style: italic"> Eats, Shoots & Leaves </span>, by Lynne Truss. Subtitle is "The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation".

From the book's jacket:

"A panda walks into a cafe'. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.

"'Why?' asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes towards the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.

"'I'm a panda,' he says, at the door. 'Look it up.'

"The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation.

"'Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves.'

"So, punctuation really does matter, even if it is only occasionally a matter of life and death."

 

[JamesWilson]

Then too, there's the trans-gender version:

"A woman without; her man is nothing."

 

[DrEntropy]

Good, James. Twisted but good.

 

[DNK]

Where ya been ,Doc?

 

[judow]

If you twit, punctuation is non-existent! Bet that could get you in a lot of trouble. :banana:

 

[bugimike]

If you're a Twit, it doesn't matter!!!

 

[judow]

:banana: lol