Punctuation saves lives
Punctuation changes the whole meaning of the sentence!
Punctuation. It has been used and abused. Just adding a comma, colon, semi-colon, or any
other punctuation mark can change the whole meaning of the sentence.
Here is an example:
A woman, without her man, is nothing.
A woman: without her, man is nothing.
The first one is saying that if a woman is not with her man, then she is nothing, or not worth anything. The
second one is the reverse. It is saying that without a woman, a man is nothing. It may also be talking about
mankind. Since woman is the base of society and is the nurturing mother; without women, man cannot exist.
Did you notice the major difference in the meanings? Just adding the colon and comma changed the whole
point that was getting across.
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