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zonerboy
08-03-2014, 04:53 PM
Communication:
The English professor walked up to the chalk board and wrote the following words:
"A woman without her man is nothing"

He then asked his students to write the sentence on a piece of paper and punctuate it correctly. This is what he found.

Ninety percent of the males wrote:
"A woman, without her man, is nothing."

Ninety percent of the females wrote:
"A woman: without her, man is nothing."

Punctuation is powerful!
perrjojo
08-03-2014, 06:11 PM
Luv it!
jbdlfan
08-03-2014, 06:34 PM
I use this one and a couple of others every year. Great stuff.
bkcunningham1
08-03-2014, 07:19 PM
Classic. Thanks for the reminder.
MikeV
08-03-2014, 08:15 PM
Very cool.
DougB
08-03-2014, 10:19 PM
I use this one and a couple of others every year. Great stuff.

How can that be? I've seen posts from old farts who haven't set foot in a school in 40 or more years that grammar and writing aren't taught in today's public schools.
jbdlfan
08-04-2014, 07:35 AM
How can that be? I've seen posts from old farts who haven't set foot in a school in 40 or more years that grammar and writing aren't taught in today's public schools.

Yes, I have read those posts, no comment....

I also have a poster that reads:

I love cooking my family and my pets.

Don't be a psycho, use commas!
outahere
08-04-2014, 07:45 AM
This is one my favorites.......

Let's eat grandma.

versus

Let's eat, grandma.
Taltarzac725
08-04-2014, 07:53 AM
20 Images That Prove Grammar and Punctuation Are Important | Pleated-Jeans.com (http://www.pleated-jeans.com/2012/08/16/20-images-that-prove-grammar-and-punctuation-are-important/)

Some of these are great. Well done, Hamburger!
Dr Winston O Boogie jr
08-05-2014, 02:02 PM
It's not just punctuation. It's sad to look at some of these.

26 Grammar Fails That Will Have You Weeping For The Future (http://www.viralnova.com/grammar-fails/)
mgjim
08-06-2014, 08:36 AM
It's not just punctuation. It's sad to look at some of these.

26 Grammar Fails That Will Have You Weeping For The Future (http://www.viralnova.com/grammar-fails/)

Thanks Doc! These surely brought tears to my eyes, mainly because I was laughing so hard.
2BNTV
08-06-2014, 09:18 AM
Good one, Jim.

To be continued, by our "thumb generation".
Dr Winston O Boogie jr
08-06-2014, 10:07 AM
How can that be? I've seen posts from old farts who haven't set foot in a school in 40 or more years that grammar and writing aren't taught in today's public schools.

Shouldn't there be a comma after the words "farts" and again after "years" in this sentence?