Members DaveW Posted April 29, 2015 Members Share Posted April 29, 2015 (edited) I thought it might be worth having a place to post examples of sentence structure, punctuation, and grammar, making a difference to meaning. An old, and most likely apocryphal, example:"An English professor wrote on the board: A woman without her man is nothing.The class was then asked to punctuate the sentenceThe men wrote: "A woman without her man, is nothing." The women wrote: "A woman: without her, man is nothing."" Please let's have no argument about the debate or the merits of grammatical analysis - start a thread about it if you like - this is just for examples, hopefully a bit funny if possible but not necessarily. Edited April 29, 2015 by DaveW 1Timothy115 and MountainChristian 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alimantado Posted April 29, 2015 Members Share Posted April 29, 2015 With Oxford comma:"Thanks to the authors, Dave, and Mandy."Without Oxford comma:"Thanks to the authors, Dave and Mandy."Are we being told the names of the authors? 1Timothy115 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Covenanter Posted April 29, 2015 Members Share Posted April 29, 2015 I thought it might be worth having a place to post examples of sentence structure, punctuation, and grammar, making a difference to meaning. An old, and most likely apocryphal, example:"An English professor wrote on the board: A woman without her man is nothing.The class was then asked to punctuate the sentenceThe men wrote: "A woman without her man is nothing." The women wrote: "A woman: man is nothing."" We learn from that, that men do not use punctuation, while women can express themselves in few words - in this case the sentence is reduced by 28.5714% fewer words. Let's try again:A woman, without her man, is nothing.A woman: without her, man is nothing. 1Timothy115 and Pastor Scott Markle 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaveW Posted April 29, 2015 Author Members Share Posted April 29, 2015 The site I quoted from had it wrong.....The site had it in a picture where it was correct, but then reproduced it (wrongly) in text, which is where I did the cut and paste from.I will fix the original post. 1Timothy115 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators HappyChristian Posted April 29, 2015 Administrators Share Posted April 29, 2015 Grammar and punctuation are vital to clear understanding of what one is saying."Eats, shoots and leaves.""Eats shoots and leaves." 1Timothy115 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1Timothy115 Posted April 29, 2015 Members Share Posted April 29, 2015 This, should be in the humor forum, instead of the ______________ .a. dictionaryb. lounge forum HappyChristian 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Popular Post DaveW Posted April 30, 2015 Author Members Popular Post Share Posted April 30, 2015 Grandma Let's eat Grandma! Let's eat, Grandma! Punctuation saves lives! 1Timothy115, Covenanter, Invicta and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Covenanter Posted April 30, 2015 Members Share Posted April 30, 2015 We will be with our son & family in Peterchurch this weekend. I looked up the church notices:The Wye Dore Parishes[Tyberton, Madley, Vowchurch, Turnastone and Peterchurch]Rogation Sunday – 3rd May 2015A traditional celebration for all the family when we pray for a good harvest,eat lunch together and “beat” the bounds of the parish. There will also be anadult baptism at St Peter’s spring.Service @11.00amAt St Peters Church, PeterchurchAt approximately 11.30 we will head out for our walk.Please bring a packed lunch.There will be a short walk and a longer walk for you to choose from.There are no other services in our Church’s on this SundayWas that written by the local greengrocer ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jeffrey2.0 Posted April 30, 2015 Members Share Posted April 30, 2015 Man's laughtermanslaughteri don't think you will be doing 20 to life for laughing out loud. Covenanter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Potatochip Posted April 30, 2015 Members Share Posted April 30, 2015 (edited) I'll admit. I am a fairly good speaker. I annunciate clearly. Went to some really good schools. However I will admit to. I slept a lot through punctuation and some of spelling. I have a hard time understanding southern vernacular sometimes. Being as I went to school in Mi. and NY. True, southern schools never seemed to get there share of the pie. When it came to education funding. But before I get uppity, lol. I like this better: Proverbs 9:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. Edited April 30, 2015 by Potatochip Covenanter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alimantado Posted April 30, 2015 Members Share Posted April 30, 2015 Here's another hypothetical example:Happy, Christian, is smelly.Happy Christian is smelly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Salyan Posted April 30, 2015 Moderators Share Posted April 30, 2015 (edited) Oh ho... you're living dangerously... Edited April 30, 2015 by Salyan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators OLD fashioned preacher Posted April 30, 2015 Moderators Share Posted April 30, 2015 (edited) Here's another hypothetical example:Happy, Christian, is smelly.Happy Christian is smelly.I think your first should read: "Happy, Christian is smelly" with only one comma.The second may be accurate depending on how much of life she has put off while waiting on those grandchildren. Edited April 30, 2015 by OLD fashioned preacher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators OLD fashioned preacher Posted April 30, 2015 Moderators Share Posted April 30, 2015 Oh ho... you're living dangerously... I think I may have fixed it for him with my post. Then again .................................................. maybe not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Covenanter Posted May 3, 2015 Members Share Posted May 3, 2015 Here's another hypothetical example:Happy, Christian, is smelly.Happy Christian is smelly.The first attempt, with the commas, is not a good sentence. The second only works because H C is a forum member. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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