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zonerboy 08-03-2014 04:53 PM

Why proper punctuation is important!
 
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

Quote:

Originally Posted by jbdlfan (Post 918341)
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

Quote:

Originally Posted by DougB (Post 918424)
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

Eat, Ray, Love!
 
20 Images That Prove Grammar and Punctuation Are Important | Pleated-Jeans.com

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

mgjim 08-06-2014 08:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr (Post 919172)
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

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by DougB (Post 918424)
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?


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