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| The Power Of Punctuation. by Whizman1234(m): 11:07pm On Jan 20, 2016 |
THE POWER OF PUNCTUATION
An English Prof. wrote dis words:
"A Woman without her Man is nothing" on d
chalkboard & ask his students 2 punctuate
correctly.
All d boys in d class wrote: "A Woman, without her Man, is nothing" All d girls in d class wrote: "A Woman, without her, Man is nothing" WHICH IS CORRECT? |
| Re: The Power Of Punctuation. by NKekuma: 11:14pm On Jan 20, 2016 |
Bro it can be any of the following.  |
| Re: The Power Of Punctuation. by cruzita(f): 11:36pm On Jan 20, 2016 |
both are correct but I choose the girls own. |
| Re: The Power Of Punctuation. by omokoladele(m): 12:07am On Jan 21, 2016 |
One of the above |
| Re: The Power Of Punctuation. by jopretty(f): 12:11am On Jan 21, 2016 |
I remember the day a Prof., during my undergraduate days in Unjos, wrote out this sentence and asked us to punctuate. See class that day na. Guys did theirs and ladies did theirs. The argument went on and on till he walked out without taking sides. Here's a very sensitive one "kill him not leave him" |
| Re: The Power Of Punctuation. by Nobody: 12:11am On Jan 21, 2016 |
The male's ideal goes well with me  They both are grammatically aiit tho.  |
| Re: The Power Of Punctuation. by Nobody: 12:15am On Jan 21, 2016 |
The boys own is even wrong, the 1st comma shdnt be there. It shd be; A woman without her man, is nothing The girls own is grammatically right. 1 Like |
| Re: The Power Of Punctuation. by cyprus000: 12:35am On Jan 21, 2016 |
jopretty:[size=13pt] "Kill him, not leave him". The person is trying to reiterate a directive, to make certain that the message is not misunderstood, and the unfortunate person is killed. [/size] |
| Re: The Power Of Punctuation. by jopretty(f): 7:17am On Jan 21, 2016 |
cyprus000:the reverse is supposed to be the case here. |
| Re: The Power Of Punctuation. by cyprus000: 7:45am On Jan 21, 2016 |
jopretty:[size=13pt] Lol..what would it be? [/size] |
| Re: The Power Of Punctuation. by Nobody: 7:47am On Jan 21, 2016 |
jopretty:. . . . kill him not, leave him. |
| Re: The Power Of Punctuation. by jopretty(f): 8:24am On Jan 21, 2016 |
cyprus000:"kill him not, leave him" would have kept him alive. |
| Re: The Power Of Punctuation. by jopretty(f): 8:25am On Jan 21, 2016 |
PrimeMinisterr:yea!  |
| Re: The Power Of Punctuation. by Nobody: 8:28am On Jan 21, 2016 |
And for signs, the available space/spacing can simply change meanings as well. This one I saw on Nairaland a few days back got me laughing hard..
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| Re: The Power Of Punctuation. by cyprus000: 9:48am On Jan 21, 2016 |
jopretty:[size=13pt] I think the sentence has multi purpose meaning, base on where you choose to put "," in the sentence. It can be used in two different scenario [/size] |
| Re: The Power Of Punctuation. by jopretty(f): 11:00am On Jan 21, 2016 |
cyprus000:I agree with you. But from the story told, the statement was made to save but a punctuation used wrongly did the opposite. |
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