Women and men: a feminist interpretation*
An English professor wrote the words:
"A woman without her man is nothing"
On the chalkboard and asked his students to punctuate it correctly.
All of the males in the class wrote:
"A woman, without her man, is nothing."
All the females in the class wrote:
"A woman: without her, man is nothing."
Punctuation is indeed powerful...
Besides, I agree with this latter proposition whole-heartedly.
*This short anecdote seems to be quite well-known. But I only came to see it on Sano's blog, who's working on spacial (/interior?) design. It was smashing indeed. Thanks Sano. It deserves to be read by many people!
posted by Koji @ 3:23 pm
3 comments
3 Comments:
Cheers,mate!!
Yes, Correct!!
I am THE Spatial Designer who can do interior and so on...
It's a very good example of the importance of punctuation. So many people don't seem to see the importance of it, despite its ability to completely transform the meaning of a sentence. I have seen it before, but it is good to be reminded of, and hopefully more will see it and then give punctuation greater thought in the future.
ha ha ha nice one indeed
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