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The power of punctuation
MurielB Lun 7 Nov - 22:55
A highschool teacher wrote the following on a blackboard to demonstrate to her students the power of punctuation:
Woman without man would be nothing
She asked the class to punctuate this sentence as they saw fit. The majority of the class punctuated the sentence as they saw fit:
Woman, without man, would be nothing.
Others corrected it accordingly:
Woman: without, man would be nothing.
The power of punctuation, indeed!
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Re: The power of punctuation
Guilaine Lun 14 Nov - 19:43
Excellent !
I like the second choice, but I'm biased, sorry !!
I like the second choice, but I'm biased, sorry !!
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Re: The power of punctuation
CharlineA Jeu 17 Nov - 17:08
it's incredible how the meaning could change
like Guilaine, I do prefer the second one
like Guilaine, I do prefer the second one
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