Monday, October 23, 2006
Punc·tu·a·tion: what's the point?
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, eh?
"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, eh?
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When I first started teaching Rhetoric and Composition classes, I actually did use this punctuation exercise!
Mr.D: The person you overheard must have had a loose tic (sic).
Imogen: Thanks for stopping by.
The post goes full circle, as I got the quote from my brother who lives in Chicago.
Imogen: Thanks for stopping by.
The post goes full circle, as I got the quote from my brother who lives in Chicago.
Imogen: I simply meant full circle from USA - UK - USA and mentioned Chicago because my brother lives there.
So, relaaaax. ;-)
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So, relaaaax. ;-)
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