Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: dfwgator

““Lets eat grandma!”

“Lets eat, grandma!”

Proper grammar saves lives.”

Should be Let’s.

Here’s another wonderful example I’ve come across which shows the importance of punctuation.

A woman without her man is nothing.

A woman! Without her man is nothing.


74 posted on 04/24/2016 4:07:27 AM PDT by Diapason
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies ]


To: Diapason
Diapason wrote: "A woman! Without her man is nothing."

I would write, "Without her, man is nothing."

I was taught that it is acceptable to put a comma where one would expect the reader to pause. This is especially helpful in this case because of the ambiguity possible with the phrase "her man" along with the fact that the usage of "man" here, meaning "mankind", is an infrequent one.

81 posted on 04/24/2016 10:56:17 AM PDT by William Tell
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 74 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson