The machismo that is, I believe, intended to be expressed here, needs no
commas. The phrase "without her man" is as important to describe the
nothingness as is "a woman". So the males in this class are incorrect.
K.
On Oct 24, 2005, at 1:48 AM, Tom Martin wrote:
this was sent to me today and since I am such a spellchecker
extroidenaire, and thespian, minstrel, poetic.,scholar. I want to
share with mopo as I couldnt say it better if I was squezzed like a
turnip....
An English professor wrote the words :
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>"A woman without her man is nothing"
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>on the chalkboard and asked his students to punctuate it correctly.
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>All of the males in the class wrote:
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>"A woman, without her man, is nothing."
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>All the females in the class wrote:
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>"A woman: without her, man is nothing."
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>Punctuation is powerful
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