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Version 1
Dear John:
I
want a man who knows what love is all about. You are generous, kind,
thoughtful. People who are not like you admit to being useless and
inferior. You have ruined me for other men. I yearn for you. I have no
feelings whatsoever when we're apart. I can be forever happy--will you
let me be yours?
Gloria
Version 2
Dear John:
I
want a man who knows what love is. All about you are generous, kind,
thoughtful people, who are not like you. Admit to being useless and
inferior. You have ruined me. For other men, I yearn. For you, I have no
feelings whatsoever. When we're apart, I can be forever happy. Will you
let me be?
Yours,
Gloria
And the only difference is the punctuation.
***I
wish I knew who to credit for this wonderful example to. I received it
years ago in the body of an email. When I googled it, I got hits all
over the place.***
What about you? Do you think punctuation has its place? Or are you one of the folks who'd like to get rid of it?
8 comments:
If you want me to understand what you're trying to say, use punctuation!
My vote is for punctuation. Used properly, it's such a perfect tool to incorporate with our words.
Love the examples. Believe me I know how important punctuation is, I'm just not sure where the commas go.
Like farawayeyes, I struggle with the proper placement of commas. Sometimes I think I have too many, sometime I think I don't have enough. And, yes, punctuation is important. I like the other example I've seen floating around the Internet:
Let's eat Grandma.
Let's eat, Grandma.
Moral: punctuation saves lives.
Great post!
James took the best example I've seen!
Seen this before too, and it's just as clever the second time.
Found another example:
A woman, without her man, is nothing.
A woman: without her, man is nothing.
Oh yes. I am a total punctuation person. I can't help myself. Hard to read something without the proper punctuation. I couldn't agree more.
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