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PUNCTUATION MARKS!
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Sun Dec 23, 2007 1:33 pmby mandyb
After reading a recent thread on grammar, I thought it might be interesting to follow it with one on punctuation. After all, punctuation is just as important when it comes to understanding a text.
I love how the meaning can change so radically by the insertion of a few dots, squiggles and lines.
How, for example, would you punctuate the following?
a woman without her man is nothing
Posted:
Sun Dec 23, 2007 1:39 pmby MeDeFe
Capital "A" at the beginning, an exclamation mark at the end and random periods in between.
Posted:
Sun Dec 23, 2007 1:40 pmby riggable
A woman, without her man, is nothing..
PUNCTUATION MARKS!
Posted:
Sun Dec 23, 2007 1:49 pmby mandyb
Great, both are indeed good suggestions. Not my favourite way to punctuate that sentence however - seems to suggest that the female species needs the male in order to have any worth whatsoever!
There is another way........
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Sun Dec 23, 2007 1:51 pmby riggable
I've lost interest, but the other way is this:
A woman: without her, man is nothing.
this shouldn't be your favorite way either, though, because it is annoyingly feminist and stupid.
PUNCTUATION MARKS!
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Sun Dec 23, 2007 2:02 pmby mandyb
If you've lost interest, why bother to post a reply? It's not obligatory! Perhaps, instead you could contribute with something of your own - after all, it's just a bit of fun.....
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Sun Dec 23, 2007 2:04 pmby graeme89
A woman without. Her man is nothing.
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Sun Dec 23, 2007 2:08 pmby DaGip
a WoMAN...--with;out (a Man} 123;:"Is Nothing"? =
I would just keep it simple...
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Sun Dec 23, 2007 2:17 pmby jay_a2j
A woman is nothing, without her man!
